The lives of five strangers collide on a London train carriage, as they become involved in an incident that will change them all forever. A shocking, intensely emotive and wildly original new thriller from Will Carver?<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Impossibly original, stylish, sinister and heartfelt. The Daves Next Door<\/i> is so wildly fresh and unmatched, and once again proves that Will Carver has talent and creativity to burn’ Chris Whitaker<\/b>
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‘Once again, Will bends and twists the genre with a novel that is astonishing, profound and hard-hitting’ David Jackson<\/b><\/p>\n
‘So clever, so dark, so utterly original. Where does Will Carver get his ideas?’ Victoria Selman<\/b>
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‘Stirring. Ambitious. Irreverent. Compassionate. Completely devoid of giveable f*@ks’ Dominic Nolan<\/b><\/p>\n
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A disillusioned nurse suddenly learns how to care.<\/p>\n
An injured young sportsman wakes up find that he can see only in black and white.<\/p>\n
A desperate old widower takes too many pills and believes that two angels have arrived to usher him through purgatory.<\/p>\n
Two agoraphobic men called Dave share the symptoms of a brain tumour, and frequently waken their neighbour with their ongoing rows.<\/p>\n
Separate lives, running in parallel, destined to collide and then explode.<\/p>\n
Like the suicide bomber, riding the Circle Line, day after day, waiting for the right time to detonate, waiting for answers to his questions: Am I God? Am I dead? Will I blow up this train?<\/p>\n
Shocking, intensely emotive and wildly original, Will Carver’s\u00c2\u00a0The Daves Next Door<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0is an explosive existential thriller and a piercing examination of what it means to be human ? or not.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
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‘Will Carver is a thought-provoking and masterful writer of gut-punching fiction … a powerhouse of a novel. Think Ira Levin at his best’ Michael Wood<\/b>
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‘Will has this uncanny knack of delving into your soul and revealing all the things you really think but are too scared to voice. Absolute GENIUS’ Lisa Hall<\/b>
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‘Another ingenious genre-bender ? provocative, twisted and mind-bendingly original’ Sarah Sultoon<\/b>
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‘Sharp, wild and thrilling’ Danielle Louise<\/b>
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‘Completely unpredictable and definitely unputdownable’ Little Miss Book Lover<\/b>
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‘Risk-taking, provocative fiction at its absolute finest ? unmissable’ Hair Past a Freckle<\/b>
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‘You don’t just read a Will Carver, you experience<\/i> it. It draws you in and not only entertains, but challenges you’ From Belgium with Booklove<\/b>
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Praise for Will Carver<\/b><\/p>\n
‘One of the most exciting authors in Britain. After this, he’ll have his own cult following’\u00c2\u00a0Daily Express<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘Unlike anything you’ll read this year’\u00c2\u00a0Heat<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘Move the hell over Brett Easton Ellis and Chuck Palahniuk ? Will Carver is the new lit prince of 21st-century disenfranchised, pop darkness’\u00c2\u00a0Stephen J. Golds<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Incredibly\u00c2\u00a0dark\u00c2\u00a0and very funny’\u00c2\u00a0Harriet Tyce<\/b><\/p>\n
‘I fell in love with Carver’s murderous Maeve. This is an Eleanor Oliphant for crime fans. Carver truly at his best’\u00c2\u00a0Sarah Pinborough<\/b><\/p>\n
‘A darkly delicious page-turner’\u00c2\u00a0S J Watson<\/b><\/p>\n
‘One of the most compelling and original voices in crime fiction’\u00c2\u00a0Alex North<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Weirdly page-turning’\u00c2\u00a0Sunday Times<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘Laying bare our 21st-century weaknesses and dilemmas, Carver has created a highly original state-of-the-nation novel’\u00c2\u00a0Literary Review<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘Arguably the most original crime novel published this year’\u00c2\u00a0Independent<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘This mesmeric novel paints a thought-provoking if depressing picture of modern life’\u00c2\u00a0Guardian<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘This book is most memorable for its unrepentant darkness?’\u00c2\u00a0Telegraph<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘Utterly mesmerising?’\u00c2\u00a0Crime Monthly<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘Will Carver’s most exciting, original, hilarious and freaky outing yet’\u00c2\u00a0Helen FitzGerald<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Vivid and engaging and completely unexpected’\u00c2\u00a0Lia Middleton<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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