Man Lies Dreaming

THE CULT NOVEL RETURNS!&quote;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.&quote; - Sting&quote;Ambitious as hell&quote; -Ian Rankin&quote;An excellent novel&quote; -Philip KerrSince 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 &quote;crashing through the door of literature like Sam Spade with a .38 in his hand&quote; (Guardian).PRAISE FOR LAVIE TIDHARWinner - The World Fantasy AwardWinner - The John W. Campbell AwardWinner - The British Fantasy AwardWinner - The Jerwood Fiction Uncovered PrizeWinner - The Neukom Literary Arts AwardWinner - The Kitschies AwardWinner - The BSFA Award&quote;Tidhar is a genius at conjuring realities that are just two steps to the left of our own.&quote; -NPR &quote;Tidhar changes genres with every outing, but his astounding talents guarantee something new and compelling no matter the story he tells.&quote; -Library Journal &quote;In a genre entirely of his own, and quite possibly a warped genius.&quote; -Ian McDonald, author of River of Gods &quote;Already staked a claim as the genre's most interesting, most bold, and most accomplished writer.&quote; -Locus &quote;Tidhar is a master at taking concepts that really shouldn't work and crafting them into something uniquely brilliant.&quote; -GeekDad&quote;He is perhaps the UK's most literary speculative fiction writer.&quote; -Strange Horizons&quote;Like early Kurt Vonnegut... both writers seem to channel the same prankster glee that covers deep despair.&quote; -Locus&quote;Bears comparison with the best of Philip K Dick&quote; -The Financial TimesPRAISE FOR A MAN LIES DREAMINGJERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE WINNER 2015BRITISH FANTASY AWARD NOMINEE 2015PREMIO ROMA NOMINEE 2016GEFFEN PRIZE NOMINEE 2019DUBLIN LITERATURE AWARD LONGLIST 2016&quote;Complex, elusive and intriguing&quote; -The Jerusalem Post&quote;Nasty, clever, waspish and witty... a brilliant and potent thought experiment&quote; -The Sunday Herald&quote;Bold and unnerving&quote; -NPR&quote;Damn good&quote; -Jewish Book Council&quote;A wholly original Holocaust story: as outlandish as it is poignant.&quote; -Kirkus (starred review)&quote;A vital, brilliant novel&quote; -Barnes & Noble SFF Blog&quote;Outstanding and moving&quote; -Maxim Jakubowski, LoveReading.co.uk&quote;Gripping... clever and thrilling work&quote; -Buzz Magazine&quote;In turns brutal, harrowing, heartbreaking and intriguing.... [an] unforgettable novel.&quote; -Gulf Weekly&quote;poetic & terrible... quite incredible&quote; -Tor.com&quote;A brilliant novel.&quote; -Pop Versea a a