H(a)ppy

WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2017. SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2018. LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018. A GUARDIAN. BOOK OF THE YEAR. A TELEGRAPH. BOOK OF THE YEAR. AN INDEPENDENT. BOOK OF THE YEAR. From the internationally acclaimed, Man Booker-shortlisted Nicola Barker comes a new novel, a post-post apocalyptic story that overflows with pure creative talent. 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. Could you. might you be happy there. H(A)PPY. is a post-post apocalyptic Alice in Wonderland. , 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.