✍ Scribed by Juan José Millás
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"Begins as entertaining slapstick, subtly metamorphoses into fable. . . . As [the narrator's] vivid imaginary world fuses with reality this deceptively ethereal novel advances toward a dark and startling finale." --_Wall Street Journal_
"A page-turner of the strangest order, Millás's debut stuns and entrances. It's impossible to put down." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Laid off from his job, Damián Lobo obsessively imagines himself as a celebrity being interviewed on TV. After committing an act of petty theft at an antiques market, he finds himself trapped inside a wardrobe and delivered to the seemingly idyllic home of a husband, wife, and their internet-addicted teenage daughter. There, he sneaks from the shadows to serve as an invisible butler, becoming deeply and disastrously involved with his unknowing host family. Every thread of the plot is ingeniously tied together, creating a potent admixture of parable, love...
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"Part surreal comedy, part dark parable, Millás's wild work brings readers face to face with the mundane facets of middle-class suburban life. . . . A page-turner of the strangest order, Millás's debut stuns and entrances. It's impossible to put down." --**_Publishers Weekly_ (starred review)** "[_
**DISCOVER THE MOST ADDICTIVE SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT OF 2019** ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE MCILVANNEY DEBUT PRIZE 2019*** **** ****'Full of**twists, turns** and frequent**red herrings'_NB Magazine_** **** **Seven days. Four deaths. One chance to catch a killer.** Sixteen-year-old Robert arrives
**DISCOVER THE MOST ADDICTIVE SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT OF 2019** ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE MCILVANNEY DEBUT PRIZE 2019*** **** ****'Full of**twists, turns** and frequent**red herrings'_NB Magazine_** **** **Seven days. Four deaths. One chance to catch a killer.** Sixteen-year-old Robert arrives
One sudden attack wipes almost all of Adrienne's pack. With her parents probably dead and her siblings chased by werewolves, it falls upon herself to find them and keep them safe. Easy to locate them using her magic, hard to reach them in time. As it turns out, in order to escape, her brother and si