Attend Av West Camel

<B>SHORTLISTED for The Polari First Book Prize<BR/><BR/> LONGLISTED for the <I>Guardian‘s</I> Not the Booker Prize<BR/><BR/> A beautifully written, darkly funny, mesmerisingly emotive and deliciously told debut novel with echoes of Armistead Maupin…</B><BR/><BR/> ‘From its opening gambit to its final line, Attend demands and rewards attention’ <B><I>Foreword Reviews</I></B><BR/><BR/> ’With its blend of dark, gritty themes and gorgeous imagery, this is a book to make you believe there’s still magic in the world’ <B><I>Heat Magazine</I></B><BR/><BR/> ‘I’ve fallen in love with this absolutely glorious, spell-binding tale’ <B>LoveReading</B><BR/> _________________<BR/><BR/><B>As the threads of their lives unravel … they find magic under their feet…</B><BR/><BR/> When Sam falls in love with South London thug Derek, and Anne’s best friend Kathleen takes her own life, they discover they are linked not just by a world of drugs and revenge; they also share the friendship of the uncanny and enigmatic Deborah.<BR/><BR/> Seamstress, sailor, story-teller and self-proclaimed centenarian immortal, Deborah slowly reveals to Anne and Sam her improbable, fantastical life, the mysterious world that lies beneath their feet and, ultimately, the solution to their crises.<BR/><BR/><B>With echoes of Armistead Maupin and a hint of magic realism, <I>Attend</I> is a beautifully written, darkly funny, mesmerisingly emotive and deliciously told debut novel, rich in finely wrought characters that you will never forget.</B><BR/> _________________<BR/><BR/> ‘It’s a genuinely pleasurable experience to encounter something couched in such alert and transparent language as West Camel’s <I>Attend</I> … In three hundred finely judged pages, West Camel leaves the reader eager for more from his pen’ <B>Barry Forshaw, <I>CrimeTime</I></B><BR/><BR/> ‘Lyrical and intense, the spellbinding prose is full of carefully chosen words which create an emotive and flowing’ <B>Crime Review</B><BR/><BR/> ‘Rich, lively and intelligent, Attend is a novel of mystery, morality and meaning, but so delicately sewn together, you never notice the seams…’ <B>Rosie Goldsmith</B><BR/><BR/> 'There is such a joy to the language. West Camel is a truly gifted wordsmith, and a beautiful storyteller’ <B>Louise Beech</B><BR/><BR/> ‘Skilfully weaves a tapestry of multi-layered threads … delicate, evocative prose tells an intriguing story with contemporary relevance, insight and compassion’ <B>Live & Deadly</B><BR/><BR/> ‘A book of past and present, grief and tragedy, forgiveness and redemption, and hopes and dreams … a great debut novel’ <B>Off-the-Shelf Books</B><BR/><BR/> ‘A singular and distinctive read … Within the city grime and gritty plotlines, glitters an arresting tale’ <B>Books, Life and Everything</B><BR/><BR/>