Nowhere
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Goose Lane Editions
Published:17th Mar '26
£23.99
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“What if the most terrifying thing has already happened?”
Drawn by a mysterious force, 12-year-old Joel and his terrible parents have just arrived in yet another nondescript small town. There’s a diner, a movie theatre, a motel, and a bar. But this time, things seem different, especially when suddenly, out of nowhere, a giant cube appears on the edge of town.
And . . . just as Joel starts to make friends and navigate a new school, which is hard enough, Beauséjour is beset by nightly appearances of zombies, demon landlords, therapy-seeking vampires, and depressed clowns. One by one, the citizens of Beauséjour begin to disappear. When his parents vanish, Joel and his friend Charlie seek to shelter themselves from the strangeness all around them.
A hilarious and sinister reflection on growing up in a world where monsters are real, Nowhere is a dreamlike meditation on adolescence and the absurdity of small-town life. Illustrated with Claytor’s expressive, richly textured visuals, wildly echoing the offbeat world of Beauséjour, Nowhere signals the arrival of a profound and vital voice.
Like a tender horror movie of small-town childhood and its everyday apocalypse — Nowhere is part Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, part Gary Larson’s The Far Side. Claytor tells a story that’s gruesome and tender, shining with heart, humour, and the hard glint of memory. -- Sean Michaels, author of Do You Remember Being Born?
Nowhere is a deeply profound, poetic, and unforgettable work, which captures the existential dread of growing up in an unstable environment, with a vocabulary that is utterly original. Claytor’s world, while populated with zombies, glow in the dark deer, and pencil-pushing aliens, touches on what it is to be human and our need for stability and connection. -- Heather O’Neill, author of The Capital of Dreams
What’s scarier than monsters, aliens, and clowns? Moving to a small town. Nowhere reads like renting a stack of classic horror and watching it with your BFF all night. -- Cole Pauls, author of We see stars only at night
Nowhere is a coming-of-age story that is at once surreal and entirely relatable. Poignant, haunting — in a fun way! — and delightfully unhinged, this is a book for anyone who wonders how much more of this strange life we’re supposed to take. -- Teresa Wong, author of All Our Ordinary Stories
ISBN: 9781773104584
Dimensions: 203mm x 152mm x 30mm
Weight: 758g
448 pages