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Bed

Bed

By David Whitehouse (author)

"An extraordinary debut novel"

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March 2012 Debut of the Month.

I’ve recently read David’s new novel, About A Son, and was totally blown away. I fully expected to be, he’s the most wonderfully gifted writer. His debut, Bed, holds a special place in my heart as back when I had just started writing I was faced with drawing up a list of agents/victims I would submit Tall Oaks (my debut) to. The consensus was that you should try and find an agent whose list you admire, who in turn might enjoy your own work. I was ambitious in submitting to Cathryn Summerhayes, David’s agent, but eight life-changing years later and I know I could not have chosen better. As for Bed, it follows the story of Mal, who on his twenty-fifth birthday takes to his bed and stays there for twenty years. What follows is clever, enchanting, a little weird, and totally wonderful.

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What an extraordinary debut novel, full of evocative language and tragic humour, Bed is a coming-of-age story like no other. Narrated by David, a younger brother literally caught in the shadow of his older brother who has been in bed for seven thousand four hundred and eighty-three days and weighs 100 stone. Bed chronicles what love, loss and family can do to you in a lifetime.

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