The hilarious, thought-provoking new novel from the Somerset Maugham and British Book Award-winning Ben Brooks.
‘A sharp-witted tragicomedy about money, morality, and a family teetering on the brink. A splendidly funny novel.’ Jenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street
'Brooks is a frighteningly young talent.' Tim Key
'I love Ben Brooks.' Matt Haig
How much should one person give to make the world a better place? How much can one family take?
“I’d like you to imagine that you’re walking to work one day and you come upon a child drowning in a pool of water. But imagine that someone refused to jump in after the child on the grounds that it would ruin his three-hundred-pound pair of John Lobb loafers. We’d consider them utterly immoral, would we not?’
Arthur Candlewick spends
