How to Leave the House
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- 3,99 €
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- 3,99 €
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'Uproarious, generous and witty' New York Times
'What a debut' Stephen Fry
'Terrific, inventive and compelling - and also very funny' Ben Elton
'A wild and funny ride through modern life' Financial Times
It's Natwest's last day before he leaves for university, and there's only one thing on his mind: the deeply embarrassing package he ordered to his house - which still hasn't arrived. He won't leave town without it. Any alternative is too distressing to consider ...
This is the story of twenty-four hours in the life of Natwest, and his small-town odyssey in pursuit of the missing package. It's also the story of all the people he encounters on this single day in his home town - from his mother to the dentist to the girl at the bus stop in a very sticky situation - and how their very different lives are entwined with his own.
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Newman debuts with a witty and endearing mosaic novel centered on a young gay man's desperate quest to avoid embarrassment. Natwest, 23, who's nicknamed after the U.K. bank, is set to leave his mother's house for his delayed start to university, but not before he tracks down the large dildo that was scheduled for delivery the day prior ("Humiliation, which was lurking around the corner of his life at all times, was now very much on his doorstep"). It turns out the package was mistakenly picked up by his dentist, Dr. Hung. As Natwest tries to claim the package from Hung's office, where his mother works as a nurse, he encounters people whose stories Newman continues in chapters devoted to their perspectives. Among them are Mishaal, a film student turned imam who secretly watches classic movies with a Christian reverend; Lily, a crying teen Natwest comforts at a bus stop, who's being extorted by someone she met online and sent nude photos to; and Hung, an amateur painter fixated on gaping mouths. The situations are enjoyably farcical, but there's also depth to them, as Newman delves into his characters' hidden passions and shows how they grapple with their self-defeating choices. This raucous adventure is great fun.
