A dazzling satire by the Booker Prize nominee, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction for "How to be both" and the critically acclaimed “Seasonal Quartet”.

“There was a man who, one night between the main course and dessert at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the hosts' house…” As time passes, the consequences of this stranger's actions affect the owners, the guests, the neighbors, and the entire country. Thus, Ali Smith takes us to a beautiful, strange place where everyone is much more than they initially seem.

“Adventurous, intoxicating, impressive. It is a novel with serious ambitions that remains highly entertaining” - Literary Review

“Smith can make anything happen, which is why she is one of the most exciting writers today” - Daily Telegraph

Pages: 384, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm