How to Leave the House

''Uproarious, generous and witty'' New York Times ''What a debut '' Stephen Fry ''A wild and funny ride through modern life'' Financial Times It''s Natwest''s last day before he leaves for university, and there''s only one thing on his mind: the deeply embarrassing package he ordered to his house - which still hasn''t arrived. He won''t leave town without it. Any alternative is too distressing to consider ... This is the story of twenty-four hours in the life of Natwest, and his small-town odyssey in pursuit of the missing package. It''s also the story of all the people he encounters on this single day in his home town - from his mother to the dentist to the girl at the bus stop in a very sticky situation - and how their very different lives are entwined with his own.

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Nathan Newman

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'A witty, sprawling story about life's big changes and the things that never change, told with style and smarts by a remarkable new voice' Town & Country

This is the story of twenty-four hours in the life of an anxious 23-year-old called Natwest - and his desperate search for a missing package containing something secret and deeply embarrassing. It's also the story of all the people he encounters on this single day in his home town - from his mother to the dentist to the girl at the bus stop in a sticky situation - and how their very different lives are entwined with his own.

'It is a miracle to pull off the feat of being wickedly scabrous (incurring in this reader loud snorts of laugher throughout) and managing somehow to be generous and ultimately warm-hearted too; a miracle that Nathan Newman pulls off brilliantly. What a debut' Stephen Fry

'It's impossible not to be charmed by this big-hearted story' Bustle

'Gobby, barbed and garrulous; a novel that takes swings, with swagger' Eley Williams

'Most books that claim to be funny aren't actually all that funny. How to Leave the House is a rare exception - genuinely hilarious, utterly obnoxious, impressively daring' Keiran Goddard, author of I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning