'Darkly comic, beautifully written and full of surprises'Daily Mail'Really funny. David is a great writer'Paula Hawkins, Good Housekeeping'A riotously good novel, witty and earnest, brimming with sharply drawn characters and creeping suspense. David Thewlis is a fabulous writer'Anna Bailey, Sunday Times bestselling author of Tall Bones'A deliciously smart, hil...

Hector Kipling has everything to live for: he is a talented artist with loving parents, a beautiful girlfriend, dependable mates and good health. But when Kirk Church, one of his best friends, and a habitual painter of cutlery, announces that he may have a brain tumour, the prospect of a character-building bereavement, with all the attendant suffering and sympathy, is a little too difficult for Hector to resist. Will it make him a better artist? Will it make him as successful as his friend...

'Darkly comic, beautifully written and full of surprises'Daily Mail'Really funny. David is a great writer'Paula Hawkins, Good Housekeeping'A riotously good novel, witty and earnest, brimming with creeping suspense'Anna Bailey, Sunday Times bestselling author of Tall Bones'Deliciously smart... One of the year's most memorable novels'B P Walter,