Quicksand

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A daring brilliant new novel from Man Booker Prize finalist Steve Toltz for fans of Dave Eggers Martin Amis and David Foster Wallace a fearlessly funny outrageously inventive dark comedy about two lifelong friends Liam is a struggling writer and a failing cop Aldo his best friend and muse is a haplessly criminal entrepreneur with an uncanny knack for disaster As Aldo s luck worsens Liam is inspired to base his next book on his best friend s exponential misfortunes and hopeless quest to win back his one great love his ex wife Stella What begins as an attempt to make sense of Aldo s mishaps spirals into a profound story of faith and friendship With the same originality and buoyancy that catapulted his first novel A Fraction of the Whole onto prize lists around the world including shortlists for the Man Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award Steve Toltz has created a rousing hysterically funny but unapologetically dark satire about fate faith friendship and the artist s obligation to his muse Sharp witty kinetic and utterly engrossing Quicksand is a subversive portrait of twenty first century society in all its hypocrisy and absurdity This fearlessly funny outrageously inventive dark comedy about two lifelong friends is a delightful literary novel extraordinarily imaginative Psychology Today from Man Booker Prize finalist Steve Toltzfor fans of Dave Eggers Martin Amis and David Foster Wallace Liam is a struggling writer and a failing cop Aldo his best friend and muse is a haplessly criminal entrepreneur with an uncanny knack for disaster As Aldo s luck worsens Liam is inspired to base his next book on his best friend s exponential misfortunes and hopeless quest to win back his one great love his ex wife Stella What begins as an attempt to make sense of Aldo s mishaps spirals into a profound story of faith and friendship Steve Toltz channels a poet s delight in crafting the perfect phrase on every highl