“The best book I read last year is A Man Lies Dreaming by Lavie Tidhar… It is so cleverly constructed and such a spectacular conclusion unfolds that you are going to take it all very seriously.” – Sting”Ambitious as hell” -Ian Rankin”An excellent novel” -Philip Kerr
Since its original 2014 publication, A Man Lies Dreaming has been translated into multiple languages and gained a cult following for its dark humor, prescient politics and powerful exploration of the impossibility of fantasy.
1939: Adolf Hitler, fallen from power, seeks refuge in a London engulfed in the throes of a very British Fascism. Now eking a miserable living as a down-at-heels private eye and calling himself Wolf, he has no choice but to take on the case of a glamorous Jewish heiress whose sister went missing.It’s a decision Wolf will very shortly regret.For in another time and place a man lies dreaming: Shomer, once a Yiddish pulp writer, who dreams lurid tales of revenge in the hell that is Auschwitz.Prescient, darkly funny and wholly original, the award-winning A Man Lies Dreaming is a modern fable for our time that comes “crashing through the door of literature like Sam Spade with a .38 in his hand” ( Guardian).
PRAISE FOR LAVIE TIDHARWinner – The World Fantasy Award
Winner – The John W. Campbell Award
Winner – The British Fantasy Award
Winner – The Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize
Winner – The Neukom Literary Arts Award
Winner – The Kitschies Award
Winner – The BSFA Award
“Tidhar is a genius at conjuring realities that are just two steps to the left of our own.” – NPR
“Tidhar changes genres with every outing, but his astounding talents guarantee something new and compelling no matter the story he tells.” – Library Journal
“In a genre entirely of his own, and quite possibly a warped genius.” -Ian McDonald, author of River of Gods
“Already staked a claim as the genre’s most interesting, most bold, and most accomplished writer.” – Locus
“Tidhar is a master at taking concepts that really shouldn’t work and crafting them into something uniquely brilliant.” – GeekDad
“He is perhaps the UK’s most literary speculative fiction writer.” – Strange Horizons
“Like early Kurt Vonnegut… both writers seem to channel the same prankster glee that covers deep despair.” – Locus
“Bears comparison with the best of Philip K Dick” – The Financial Times
PRAISE FOR A MAN LIES DREAMING
JERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE WINNER 2015
BRITISH FANTASY AWARD NOMINEE 2015
PREMIO ROMA NOMINEE 2016
GEFFEN PRIZE NOMINEE 2019
DUBLIN LITERATURE AWARD LONGLIST 2016″Complex, elusive and intriguing” – The Jerusalem Post
“Nasty, clever, waspish and witty… a brilliant and potent thought experiment” – The Sunday Herald
“Bold and unnerving” – NPR
“Damn good” – Jewish Book Council
“A wholly original Holocaust story: as outlandish as it is poignant.” – Kirkus (starred review)
“A vital, brilliant novel” – Barnes & Noble SFF Blog
“Outstanding and moving” – Maxim Jakubowski, LoveReading.co.uk
“Gripping… clever and thrilling work” – Buzz Magazine
“In turns brutal, harrowing, heartbreaking and intriguing…. [an] unforgettable novel.” – Gulf Weekly
“Poetic & terrible… quite incredible” – Tor.com
“A brilliant novel.” – Pop Verse
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Publisher : JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc. (May 18, 2021)
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