{"product_id":"how-to-leave-the-house-9780349145631","title":"How to Leave the House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eA funny and original debut novel about a middle-aged dentist, a tortured imam, an octogenarian, a troubled teenager, and a class-traitor mother and her childhood boyfriend. It explores themes of connection, love, friendship, and the lies we tell ourselves, and is described as a \"wild and funny ride through modern life\" by the Financial Times and \"truly original\" by Nicola Dinan. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 02 May 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe funniest, wildest, and most original debut novel of 2024!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wild and funny ride through modern life!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinancial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGobby, barbed, and garrulous!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEley Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTruly original!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicola Dinan, author of Bellies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenuinely hilarious!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeiran Goddard, author of Hourglass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's Natwest's last day before he leaves for university, and there's only one thing on his mind: the deeply embarrassing package he ordered to his house - which still hasn't arrived. He won't leave town without it. Any alternative is too distressing to consider.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of twenty-four hours in the life of NATWEST, and his small-town odyssey in pursuit of the missing package. And yet, it's also the story of a MIDDLE-AGED DENTIST who dreams of being a respected artist - but the only thing he can seem to paint is the human mouth. And it's the story of a TORTURED IMAM involved in a quasi-romantic entanglement with the local vicar; and an OCTOGENARIAN mourning the death of her secretive husband; and a TROUBLED TEENAGER whose nudes have leaked on the internet. It's the story of Natwest's obnoxious EX-BOYFRIEND, and his CLASS-TRAITOR MOTHER, and her CHILDHOOD BOYFRIEND, and the life-changing secrets he knows about Natwest's past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlternating between Natwest's idiosyncratic inner world and the perspectives of the other characters - and dazzling in its energy, imagination, and originality - this is an outrageously funny and tenderly moving story about being connected to everyone and everything at all times; about love, friendship, and the lies we tell ourselves; about unhappy endings, happy endings - and whether anything really is as simple as one or the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 436g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 224 x 146 x 33 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780349145631\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nathan Newman","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":45879884873978,"sku":"9780349145631","price":12.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1714756684594_book.jpg?v=1715202522","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/how-to-leave-the-house-9780349145631","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}