A bold, addictive and urgent new novel about capitalism, environmental collapse and our near future.
What is going on?really
Patrick Hamlin has come to Hollywood to see his novel be adapted for the screen, but why does he get the feeling that the film project is a smokescreen for something else? Does Cassidy Carter, the troubled starlet due to play the lead, know something he doesnât? And what is the truth about WAT-R, the synthetic water everyone drinks in LA?
Sharply funny, alluring and devastating, is an unmissable novel for our present moment.Something New Under the Sun
âSun-drenched, sharply observed and swift-moving⊠strange and newâGuardian
âProfoundly affecting â somehow both funny and deeply unsettlingâ Rumaan Alam, author ofLeave the World Behind
âExpertly conjures California noir filtered through the ambient and not-so-ambient apocalypseâ Emma Cline, author ofThe Girls
A WHITE REVIEW BOOK OF THE YEARA LIT HUB BEST BOOK OF 2021âą
âAn urgent novel about our very near future, and a deeply addictive pleasureâ Katie Kitamura, author ofIntimacies âMagnificent and stunningâ Jeff VanderMeer, author ofHummingbird Salamander âAn immense achievement. Masterful and mercilessâ Olivia Sudjic, author ofAsylum Road