Kennedy is a world class writer.The New York Times Book ReviewA brilliant American debut from one of Scotlands most acclaimed writers namedby Granta as one of t... » 

Kennedy is a world class writer.The New York Times Book ReviewA brilliant American debut from one of Scotlands most acclaimed writers namedby Granta as one of the Twenty Best Young British Novelists.Emotionally numb crippled with insomnia and caught in a frightening abusivemarriage Helen Brindle believes that God has recently left her. She spends herdays performing banal domestic chores in front of a blaring television. On theBBC one day she watches a selfhelp guru expound on among other things therules of masturbation and the importance of interior lives. Edward G.Gluck she discovers has developed a program that guides lost souls towardcontentment. Helen seeks him out hoping to find an answer. Instead shediscovers Glucks own sadomasochistic obsession and his profound shame anddisgust. And what they both encounter painfully is the love each fears andboth yearn to embrace.A darkly comic tale.... that is hilariously funny about sexual obsession andbrilliantly perceptive about the dynamics of human relationships.TheBaltimore Sun «