An Amorous Discourse In The Suburbs Of Hell

"Levy’s strength is her originality of thought and expression."  -  Jeanette Winterson

She is a shimmering, tattooed, and acerbic angel, flown from Paradise to save him from the suburbs of hell. He, an accountant worn down by the day-to-day struggles of the nine-to-five, is dreaming of a white Christmas, a little garden, and someone to love. She attempts, with scornful wit, to shock him out of his commuter's habits and into an experience of ecstasy.

"Readers will have to resist the temptation to hurry up in order to find out what happens... Our reward is the enjoyable, if unsettling, experience of being pitched into the deep waters of Levy's wry, accomplished novel."  -  Francine Prose, The New York Times Book Review

Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Deborah Levy whips up a storm of romance and slapstick, of heavenly and earthly delights, in this passionate work of dramatic poetry.

ever since i arrived
on your blue planet
most of it ocean

i hear the breath of an octopus
bigger than a car
eggs in her arms
calling for you