Berlin - The dazzling, darkly funny debut that surprises at every turn

''One for Sally Rooney fans'' Sunday Telegraph

''Compelling, raw and thrillingly strange'' MONA AWAD, author of Bunny

''Cinematic and confessional . . . electric'' The New York Times

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*FOR FANS OF CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN, MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION and EXCITING TIMES*

When Daphne Ferber arrives in Berlin for a fresh start in a thrilling new city, the last thing she expects is to run into more drama than she left behind.

Of course, she knew she''d need to do the usual: make friends, acquire lovers, grapple with German and a whole new way of life. She even expected the long nights gorging alone on family-sized jars of Nutella, and the pitfalls of online dating in another language. The paranoia, the second-guessing of her every choice, the covert behaviours? Probably come with the territory.

But one night, something strange, dangerous and enti