Care of Wooden Floors

`A very funny novel combining schadenfreude and belly laughs. Just don't let Wiles flat-sit for you' Independent

`This is a terrific first novel, written with a very engaging deadpan wit, and an understated sense of the absurd.' Kate Saunders, The Times

`Ingenious ... his story has something in common, in terms of manic sensitivity, with Edgar Allan Poes' The Tell-Tale Heart ... a smart and polished debut' Daily Telegraph

`This novel acquires the queasy allure of a cliff edge, the sense of impending catastrophe becoming strangely compelling ... addictive and rather clever, too' Daily Mail

`Funny, beguiling and quietly profound; a wonderfully well-crafted debut' TLS

A nicely turned satire on the notion that the path to spiritual contentment lies in a pristine set of polished wooden floorboards ... Wiles has an eye for beauty, but an even more impressive eye for ugliness ... a novel full of impeccably stylish writing Guardian

`Wiles is a talent to watch' The Spectator

`Dark and funny in equal measures ... a debut as crisp, slick and polished as a well-cared-for wooden floor' Scotland on Sunday

Will Wiles is senior editor of Icon, the monthly architecture and design magazine. This is his first novel.

Website: www.willwiles.blogspot.com