Hailed among the BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2011 by Jeanette Winterson, A.S. Byatt, Patrick Ness, Sebastian Barry, Boyd Tonkin, Erica Wagner... n n A sparkling satire from the MAN BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED and WOMENS PRIZE-WINNING author of How to be both and the critically acclaimed Seasonal quartet n n Playful, humorous, serious, profoundly clever and profoundly affecting Guardian n n Adventurous, intoxicating, dazzling. This is a novel with serious ambitions that remains huge fun to read Literary Review n n Smith can make anything happen, which is why she is one of our most exciting writers today Daily Telegraph n n n There once was a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house of the people who were giving the dinner party . . . n n As time passes by and the consequences of this strangers actions ripple outwards, touching the owners, the guests, the neighbours and the whole country, so Ali Smith draws us into a beautiful, strange place where everyone is so much more than they first appear... n