‘Impossibly original, stylish, sinister and heartfelt. The Daves Next Door is so wildly fresh and unmatched, and once again proves that Will Carver has talent and creativity to burn’ ‘Once again, Will bends and twists the genre with a novel that is astonishing, profound and hard-hitting’ ‘So clever, so dark, so utterly original. Where does Will Carver get his ideas?’ ‘Stirring. Ambitious. Irreverent. Compassionate. Completely devoid of giveable f*@ks’ ________________________________ A disillusioned nurse suddenly learns how to care. An injured young sportsman wakes up find that he can see only in black and white. A desperate old widower takes too many pills and believes that two angels have arrived to usher him through purgatory. Two agoraphobic men called Dave share the symptoms of a brain tumour, and frequently waken their neighbour with their ongoing rows. Separate lives, running in parallel, destined to collide and then explode. Like the suicide bomber, riding the Circle Line, day after day, waiting for the right time to detonate, waiting for answers to his questions: Am I God? Am I dead? Will I blow up this train? Shocking, intensely emotive and wildly original, Will Carver’s is an explosive existential thriller and a piercing examination of what it means to be human … or not. ‘Will Carver is a thought-provoking and masterful writer of gut-punching fiction ... a powerhouse of a novel. Think Ira Levin at his best’ ‘Will has this uncanny knack of delving into your soul and revealing all the things you really think but are too scared to voice. Absolute GENIUS’ ‘Another ingenious genre-bender … provocative, twisted and mind-bendingly original’ ‘One of the most exciting authors in Britain. After this, he’ll have his own cult following’ ‘Unlike anything you’ll read this year’ ‘Move the hell over Brett Easton Ellis and Chuck Palahniuk … Will Carver is the new lit prince of 21st-century disenfranchised, pop darkness’ ‘Incredibly dark and very funny’ ‘I fell in love with Carver's murderous Maeve. This is an Eleanor Oliphant for crime fans. Carver truly at his best’ ‘A darkly delicious page-turner’ ‘One of the most compelling and original voices in crime fiction’ ‘Weirdly page-turning’ ‘Laying bare our 21st-century weaknesses and dilemmas, Carver has created a highly original state-of-the-nation novel’ ‘Arguably the most original crime novel published this year’ ‘This mesmeric novel paints a thought-provoking if depressing picture of modern life’ ‘This book is most memorable for its unrepentant darkness…’ ‘Utterly mesmerising…’ ‘Will Carver’s most exciting, original, hilarious and freaky outing yet’ ‘Vivid and engaging and completely unexpected’