Big Nobody

<p><b>A FIZZINGLY ORIGINAL COMING-OF-AGE STORY FOR FANS OF <i>HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY</i><br><br>'A deeply endearing and vivacious coming-of-age story - I gobbled it whole.'</b><br><i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br><br><b>'Riotously funny, nostalgic and immensely touching.'</b><br>PANDORA SYKES<br><br><b>'Your new favourite novel.' </b><br>INDIA KNIGHT<br><br><b>'A debut that sparkles like Marc Bolan's eye makeup.' </b><br><i>GUARDIAN</i><br><br><b>For Constance Connie Costa, life is just beginning.</b> She dreams of leaving behind her dull, dreary life in 70s East London, shaking off her deeply embarrassing Greek-Cypriot community of interfering Aunties and pretend cousins , and running away with her best mate Vas (fellow misfit; NHS specs; soul of a poet). She is determined to take her rightful place alongside her hero, David Bowie, onstage at Wembley Stadium.<br><br>Only one thing stands in her way: her father, The Fat Murderer. No longer content with being an absolute imbecile and general abomination of nature, he has dialled up his campaign to ruin Connie s life ever since the untimely death of her mother.<br><br>If she ever wants to claim the destiny that is rightfully hers, Connie has only one option left: to kill him.<br><br><b>Fizzingly original, disarmingly tender and laugh-out-loud funny, BIG NOBODY is a coming-of-age story about first love, first grief, and the long, painful journey to feeling like a somebody.<br><br>'Broke my heart one minute and had me really laughing the next.'</b><br>XOCHITL GONZALEZ, author of OLGA DIES DREAMING <br><br><b>'Hands down <i>the</i> funniest, most original novel I ve read in ages.' </b><br>GRANT GINDER, author of <i>THE PEOPLE WE HATE AT THE WEDDING</i><br><br><b>'Audacious and hilarious.'</b><br>RUMAAN ALAM, author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND<br><br><u><i>READERS LOVE CONNIE COSTA . . .</i></u><br><b>'Poignant, authentic and darkly funny' </b>*****<br><b>'Fabulous - I was rooting for Connie the whole way' </b>*****<br><b>'Smart, funny, quirky' </b>*****</p>