Idiopathy

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Details: Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel award 2013, this bitterly humorous debut is a novel of love, narcissism, & ailing cattle. Katherine has given up trying to be happy. Her cynical wit repels the people she wants to attract, & attracts the people she knows she should repel. Her ex Daniel, meanwhile, isn?t sure that he loves his new girlfriend. But somehow not telling her he loves her has become synonymous with telling her that he doesn?t love her, meaning that he has to tell her he loves her just to maintain the status quo. When their former friend Nathan returns from a stint in a psychiatric ward to find that his mother has transformed herself into bestselling author & Twitter sensation ? Mother Courage? ? Katherine, Daniel & Nathan decide to meet to heal old wounds. But will a reunion end well? Almost certainly not. Both scathing invective on a self-obsessed generation & moving account of love & loneliness, ? Idiopathy? skewers everything from militant environmentalists to self-help quackery & announces the arrival of a savagely funny talent. Ideal for: Fans of contemporary fiction books. This hardback book has 24 pages & measures: 24 x 16 x 3.2cm