Shortlisted for the Polari First Book Award 2018‘So you liked Irvine Welsh? Read Carnivore’ CosmopolitanMeet Leander: lover, fighter, liar.Shortlisted for the Polari First Book Award 2018‘So you liked Irvine Welsh? Read Carnivore’ CosmopolitanMeet Leander: lover, fighter, liar.Now including an exclusive interview with the author and Jon Appleton at the end of the audiobook.He learnt a long time ago that nothing is as intoxicating as blood. But whether it’s his or someone else’s doesn’t matter any more. There’s a mysterious pain in every muscle of his body – and it’s got so bad that he’ll do anything to escape it.Up to now, it’s been his secret. But it’s hard to remain invisible when you leave a trail of destruction everywhere you go. So, when he comes to the attention of one of London’s most infamous criminals, Leander decides to put his appetite for violence to the ultimate test.Let the villain win.Now including an exclusive interview with the author and Jon Appleton at the end of the audiobook.He learnt a long time ago that nothing is as intoxicating as blood. But whether it’s his of someone else’s doesn’t matter any more. There’s a mysterious pain in every muscle of his body – and it’s got so bad that he’ll do anything to escape it.Up to now, it’s been his secret. But it’s hard to remain invisible when you leave a trail of destruction everywhere you do go. So, when he comes to the attention of one of London’s most infamous criminals, Leander decides to put his appetite for violence to the ultimate test.Let the villain win.‘So you liked Irvine Welsh? Read Carnivore’ Cosmopolitan‘Jonathan Lyon has written the best gay debut novel in YEARS’ Johann Hari‘[A] Compelling debut. Suspend all rational thought and enjoy the – rather unsettling – ride’ Belfast Telegraph‘[Leander is] a heartless hero for the millennial generation’ Standpoint magazine‘The most original unreliable narrator and anti-hero you’ll encounter this year, or maybe even this decade. Crime book, literary fiction, contemporary tragedy; it doesn’t matter what pot you put it in, just read it.’ Crime Fiction Lover‘Knew it would be unsettling & challenging but Carnivore is moving & tender too. Lyon is the Philip Ridley of South London.’ Jon AppletonThe most controversial debut literary thrillerJonathan Lyon was born in 1991 in London. He studied at Oxford University, graduating in 2013 with the Gibbs Prize. He moved to Berlin in the same year. He has had a chronic illness for over a decade. He is a self-made demon.Carnivore is his debut novel.The most controversial debut literary thriller• Dorian Gray meets Trainspotting in this explosive literary thriller – a one-sitting read and cult classic in the making.• Shocking from its very first pages, Carnivore is sure to be a talking point with real cult appeal.• With its nihilistic, sexually amorphous protagonist Leander, physical and emotional violence, drug use and stunning use of synaesthesia, this book tests the boundaries and shines a light on the dark underbelly of London’s social scene• The author studied at Oxford University, graduating in 2013 with the Gibbs Prize. He now lives in Berlin, where he works as a musician and writer. This is his debut novel.Competition: Catcher In The Rye; Clockwork Orange; American Psycho; A Clockwork Orange; Trainspotting; Catcher In The Rye. Jeanette Winterson;Oscar Wilde; Sarah Waters; Irvine Welsh; Bret Easton Ellis; Dylan Thomas; Chuck Palahniuk; Thomas Mann; Stephen Fry; Oscar Wilde; Hunter S. Thompson; Virginia Woolf;
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