Beyond Kidding
An unputdownable, darkly funny sci-fi
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Fairlight Books
Published:31st Oct '19
Should be back in stock very soon
JUST ONE LITTLE LIE CAN HAVE LIFE-CHANGING CONSEQUENCES.
When Robert (or Kidder, as he's known to his best friend) decides to impress at a job interview by making up a son, he discovers that maintaining the lie is far harder than he thought - so he invents a story that his imaginary child has been kidnapped. After all, it's not like they're going to find the fake boy.
But a few weeks later, Kidder receives a call to collect his non-existent son from the police station, a boy who looks exactly like the picture he photoshopped. Afraid to come clean, Kidder takes the boy home. And that's where the trouble starts...
Beyond Kidding is a darkly humorous, genre-bending work of sci-fi. Lynda Clark is a new talent to discover for lovers of Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Coupland, and Black Mirror.
'A dark and quirky debut - funny, sad, thought-provoking and unexpected.' -Emma D'Costa, Commonwealth Writers
'This is a remarkable debut, written with great warmth and wit. By turns devastating and hilarious, Lynda Clark's Beyond Kidding had me from the very start, and it didn't let me go.' -Sarah Jackson, author of Pelt and winner of the Seamus Heaney Prize 2013
'Surprising, packed with irreverent humour and deft twists and turns. This book feels like a screwball friend that never takes itself too seriously.' -Pan Huiting, author of Red Dust, White Snow
'I loved absolutely every moment of this book.' -Liz, Prospero Books
'Unique, bizarre, hilarious, poignant and a surprisingly good read! This one stands on its own within a genre that could be more than sci-fi. Everything comes together to become this quite wonderful story.' -Gary Sharp, The Book Lover Cafe
ISBN: 9781912054848
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
336 pages