This is a novel for people with breeding.
Only people with the right genes and the wrong impulses will find its marriage of bold ideas and deplorable characters irresistible. It is a novel that engages the mind while satisfying those that crave the thrill of a chase.
There are riots and sex. There is love and murder. There is Darwinism and Fascism, nightclubs, invented languages and the dangerous bravado of youth. And there are lots of beetles.
It is clever. It is distinctive. It is entertaining.
We hope you are too.
Shortlisted for The Guardian First Book Award.
Named one of the dozen most promising new writers in Britain by John Mullan.
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The scenes set in the past are reminiscent of Evelyn Waugh s Decline and Fall in their grotesque stupidity and amorality, and the present-day characters are as ruthless as any in modern noir fiction. It also makes a persuasive argument for the moral repercussions of Darwinism and the absurdities of fascism and repressed homosexuality, but that s just three aspects of a witty, fascinating and romping read. - James Medd, Word
Beauman writes with wit and verve. --- Carl Wilkinson, Financial Times
The wildly compelling, award-winning debut novel from the author of THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT.
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