Mark and the void (Penguin Books)

A comic masterpiece about love, art, greed and the banking crisis, from the author of Skippy Dies Workaholic French banker Claude is so busy making money from Ireland's economic crisis he has no time for romance. Then he meets mysterious writer Paul, who says he wants to put Claude in a book. Next thing Claude knows, he's falling in love with beautiful Greek waitress, Augustina. But can an investment banker be turned into a romantic hero, even with a writer on his side? And is Paul actually on Claude's side at all? And why is Claude's new boss staking all of their money on losing propositions? Is anyone in this whole town telling the truth? Praise for Skippy Dies: 'A triumph' Sunday Times 'A masterpiece' Metro 'A comic epic' David Nicholls Paul Murray is the author of An Evening of Long Goodbyes and Skippy Dies. An Evening of Long Goodbyes was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and Skippy Dies was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel Award.