If This Is Home

If This Is Home

by StuartEvers (Author)

Synopsis

Mark Wilkinson has three names. He left his own behind in the rainy north of England. American immigration knows him as Joe Novak. And at the Valhalla, the mysterious complex where he sells lofty ambition and dark desires, he goes by Mr Jones.

Since he was eighteen, Mark has been running away. Running from his small town, his vanished mother, his broken father. But one night in Las Vegas, shocked by violence and ambushed by memories, he is propelled back to his real name and his real past. Back to Bethany Wilder: carnival queen, partner in dreams, and tragic ghost.

From the acclaimed author of Ten Stories About Smoking comes an electrifying novel about the power of dreams to destroy, of memory to distort - and of what it means to be home.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Picador
Published: 05 Jul 2012

ISBN 10: 1447217403
ISBN 13: 9781447217404

Media Reviews
'So intelligent and perceptive and so well-written ... this first novel is a fine achievement, something to savour. When I had finished it, I went back and read it again, and it seemed even better second time round.' Allan Massie, Scotsman 'Assured and unsettling.' Amber Pearson, Daily Mail 'A hugely original, unforgettable debut ... Both gut-churning and beautifully written, this is a must read.' Easy Living 'A deft, affecting piece of work about possibility and identity. It heralds a fresh, new voice destined to roll gold bars on the slot machine of literary life.' Sinead Gleeson, Irish Times 'Adept and inventive ... A quiet triumph,' Ben East, Observer 'British fiction's latest great hope ... Slowly revealing its secrets, this book has a remarkable power to unsettle.' Graeme Allister, The Word 'Evers knocks out enviably beautiful prose, and the humming, muffled, air-conditioned neverland of Las Vegas is conjured up with a captivating and woozy effect ... A compelling book.' Hugo Rifkind, The Times
Author Bio
A former bookseller and editor, Stuart Evers is the acclaimed author of Ten Stories About Smoking, which won the 2011 London Book Award. He lives in London.