Parade

<p><b>A path-breaking novel of art, womanhood and violence, from the author of the <i>Outline</i> trilogy.</b><br><br>Midway through his life, an artist begins to paint upside down.<br><br>In Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street.<br><br>A mother dies. A man falls to his death. Couples seek escape in distant lands.<br><br>The new novel from one of the most distinctive writers of the age, <i>Parade</i> sets loose a carousel of lives. It surges past the limits of identity, character, and plot, to tell a true story¿about art, family, morality, gender, and how we compose ourselves.<br><br>Praise for the <i>Outline</i> trilogy:<br><br>''A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.'' Monica Ali<br>¿A landmark in twenty-first-century English literature.¿ Observer<br>¿A perfect synthesis of form and content.¿ Deborah Levy<br>¿Page-turningly enthralling and charged with the power to move.¿ Tessa Hadley<br>¿Reaches a kind of formal perfection . . . masterly.¿ S