SOON TO BE A MAJOR HBO SERIES STARRING JODIE COMER ''Made me laugh and think too much (the right amount?) about sex and death and honesty. '' MONICA HEISEY '' Utterly addictive. . . I laughed so hard it ached.'' GILLIAN ANDERSON ''Juicy, salacious and compelling. Trauma shouldn''t be this fun.'' SARA PASCOE Greta liked knowing people''s secrets. That wasn''t a problem. Until she met Big Swiss. Big Swiss. That''s Greta''s nickname for her - she is tall, and she is from Switzerland. Well that''s how Greta imagines her; they haven''t actually met in person. Nor has Greta actually ever been to Switzerland. What Greta doesn''t know is that she''s about to bump into Big Swiss in the local dog park. A new - and not entirely honest - relationship is going to be born. A relationship that will transform both of their lives. . . Readers are obsessed with Big Swiss : ''This thing is a riot. I laughed out loud regularly. I''ve never read anything quite like it.'' ''This book is f u n n y'' ''The premise is bizarre but brilliant! I am ready to move to Hudson, NY to meet these folks!'' ''I haven''t read a book this engrossing for a long time.'' ''The blend of real and wit made for a wonderfully sublime experience.''

Vorwort
This offbeat novel combines the heart and wit of Sorrow and Bliss with the joy and touch of surrealism in Schitts Creek. It is the funniest book you will read in 2024

Autorentext
Big Swiss is Jen's third novel. Pretend I'm Dead (winner of the prestigious Whiting Award) and Vacuum in the Dark (shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize) were published by Scribner US and Oneworld in the UK to wide critical acclaim. Jen Beagin holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine. She lives in New York.

Klappentext

SOON TO BE A MAJOR HBO SERIES STARRING JODIE COMER 'Made me laugh and think too much (the right amount?) about sex and death and honesty.' MONICA HEISEY 'Utterly addictive. A new - and not entirely honest - relationship is going to be born. A relationship that will transform both of their lives.

Zusammenfassung
This offbeat novel combines the heart and wit of Sorrow and Bliss with the joy and touch of surrealism in Schitts Creek. It is the funniest book you will read in 2024