Dream Sequence

Pitch-perfect sentence by pitch-perfect sentence, Foulds weaves a quiet but harrowing tale of obsession that takes the reader into the characters’ tragic downward spiral – Dream Sequence is as good a novel as I have read in a while. -- Lawrence Osborne, author of Beautiful Animals
Incisively well-written and alluringly readable… This prose is truly poetic, being concise, not impasto… This novel moves like a thriller… A terrific book about the realities and delusion of fame distorting the way we live now: not to be missed. * Evening Standard *
Adam Foulds is the real deal… it’s the details of the writing itself – the precision of the word selection combined with the precision of the observation – that make for such enjoyable reading. -- Edward Docx * Guardian *
This mordantly clever story about fame, fantasy and narcissism… is deliciously funny… Foulds is a very fine writer. -- Johanna Thomas-Corr * Observer *
An exquisitely concocted, riveting account of artistic ambition and unrequited love… Foulds is proving himself to be a very versatile writer of intelligence and charm. * Spectator *
Everyone loves a good page-turner full of aspirational scene-setting, but few literary novelists dare to try it… [Dream Sequence] is a sexy, celeby drama… just like The Great Gatsby, this novel billows around you like a queasy dream, its grand scenery and awful characters combining to take us out of the real world and into another, oddly shimmering version of it. -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *
A nuanced, original and sharply observed study of fame and power… [a] spare and beautifully written novel. -- Stephanie Cross * Daily Mail *
Foulds's observations are spot-on and his prose is delicious sharp. * Economist, 1843 *
Funny, dramatic and poignant. The final five pages of the novel resolve in a masterly poetic unification of suspense and feeling. Adam Foulds… has won many literary awards and this new work deserves to win another. -- Lindsay Duguid * Tablet *
Absorbing and beautifully written, Foulds’ novel is particularly illuminating on the actor’s craft and the nature of fame. -- Anthony Gardner * Mail on Sunday *