Mrs Caliban (Faber Editions)

The frogman was still there, sitting on the corner of her bed, looking towards her ... Dorothy is a grieving housewife in the Californian suburbs. Her infant son, unborn child, and dog have all just died; her husband is unfaithful; her only friend is an alcoholic. One day, she is doing chores when the radio announces that a green-skinned sea monster has escaped from the Institute for Oceanographic Research - but little did she expect him to arrive in her kitchen. Muscular yet gentle, vegetarian, sexually magnetic and excellent at housework, Larry the frogman is a revelation: and their passionate affair goes beyond their wildest dreams ... Reissued with a foreword by Irenosen Okojie, Rachel Ingalls' Mrs Caliban is a surrealist masterpiece: as dazzling today as it was four decades ago.'A miracle . A perfect novel.' New Yorker 'One of my favourite novels in the world.' Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket'Still outpaces, out-weirds, and out-romances anything today.' Marlon James'An impeccable parable, beautifully written.' John Updike'Every one of its 125 pages is perfect, original, and arresting. Clear a Saturday, please, and read it in a single sitting.' Harper's