Aristotle’s Cuttlefish

<b>A story about mislaid umbrellas, questionable scientific theories and unlikely friendship - from the author of <i>Flake, </i>winner of the 2020 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize</b><br><br><i>Where do all the lost things go? </i><br><br>In Dobbiston, they''ll likely end up in the care of Mr Daniels, the long-time custodian of the local lost property office. Somewhere deep in the bowels of the town council''s shabby premises he has spent a lifetime quietly cataloguing the carelessness of his fellow Dobbiston residents.<br><br>But when something unexpected interrupts his routine, Mr Daniels is forced to embrace a little bit of life''s chaos.<br><br>Told through Lost Property Office vignettes - a snooker cue love story, a granny’s tea cosy and a kid’s toy on an intergalactic adventure – local histories are elevated to the momentous and profound, drawn with playful nostalgia and Dooley’s deadpan wit.<br><br><b>PRAISE FOR <i>FLAKE </i></b><br><br>''A joy... think of Joff Winterhart with a cone and a squirt of strawberry sauce'' <i>Herald Scotland<br><br>''</i>(A) wonderful, elegiac debut... full of irresistible puns'' <i>Observer</i><br><br>''A cheerfully nostalgic trip into a north western english town of pub quizzes, crazy golf and crosswords'' <i>Guardian </i>