This Machine Feeds

Sharp, witty, and addictive new novel from the critically-acclaimed author of Orpheus Builds A Girl and Carrian Crow, a cutting satire about how our perception of ‘real’ is slowly disintegrating. Perfect for fans of Black Mirror and Patricia Lockwood.

‘One of the most important new voices in fiction’ Alan Moore, author of Watchmen

Heather is an artist of middling talent with a flawless instinct for self-promotion.

Finally given her big shot, she prepares a new work about the world we live in – a world of technology, violence, power and accelerating absurdity. But as she stares into the abyss of the now, her friends begin to worry. Is Heather making her masterpiece, or is she losing her mind?

Around her, reality bleeds into nightmare. A woman is trapped inside her home by the terms of her rental contract. America reenacts the assassination of JFK. A father and daughter, unknown to one another, collaborate on the building of a chatbot.

Heather is trying to make sense of it all.

Darkly comic and ferociously alive, This Machine Feeds is about what happens when the world becomes too deranged to comprehend – and whether anyone can truly escape with their sanity.

Praise for This Machine Feeds:

'Heather Parry is one of my favourite writers. This book is so good I kind of hate her' Kirsty Logan, bestselling author of Things We Say in the Dark

‘With This Machine Feeds, Heather Parry cements her position as one of our foremost writers and thinkers’ Julia Armfield, bestselling author of Private Rites and Our Wives Under the Sea

‘Perfect for fans of Black Mirror' Amy Twigg, author of Spoilt Creatures

‘A wonderful and explosive new work from a rare and powerful voice’ Edward Carey, author of Little

‘I am in awe... Equal parts nightmarish and necessary, I came away wanting to change the world’ Jane Flett, author of Welcome to the Chaoskampf