H(A)Ppy Av Nicola Barker

<p><b>*WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2017*</b><br><b>*SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2018*</b><br><b>*LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018*</b><br><br><b>A <i>GUARDIAN</i> BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><b>A <i>TELEGRAPH</i> BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><b>AN <i>INDEPENDENT</i> BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><br><b>From the internationally acclaimed, Man Booker-shortlisted Nicola Barker comes a new novel, a post-post apocalyptic story that overflows with pure creative talent.<br><br></b>Imagine a perfect world where everything is known, where everything is open, where there can be no doubt, no hatred, no poverty, no greed. Imagine a System which both nurtures and protects. A Community which nourishes and sustains. An infinite world. A world without sickness, without death. A world without God. A world without fear.<br><br>Could you...might you be happy there?<br><br><i>H(A)PPY</i> is a post-post apocalyptic <i>Alice in Wonderland</i>, a story which tells itself and then consumes itself. It''s a place where language glows, where words buzz and sparkle and finally implode. It''s a novel which twists and writhes with all the terrifying precision of a tiny fish in an Escher lithograph – a book where the mere telling of a story is the end of certainty.</p>