Discord

‘Jeremy Cooper's Discord is as nakedly truthful a novel as you could ever hope to read. Its characters are completely and utterly convincing and their interactions with one another are filled with all of the loveliness and foolishness and tenderness of real life.’ — Aidan Cottrell-Boyce, author of The End of Nightwork ‘Easily the best novel I’ve read this decade.’ — Olivia Laing, Guardian (praise for Brian) ‘Brian is affecting, funny and, at 184 pages, a skilfully compressed chronicle of one man’s life and the cornucopia of film that enriches it.’ — Max Liu, Financial Times (praise for Brian) ‘Cooper does a superb job of inhabiting this singular character’s point of view, and of deftly weaving into the narrative Brian’s thoughts and feelings about the films he sees. I was delighted by the book’s gentle humor and lucid prose style, and I can think of no finer exploration of what can happen when a person is fully open and attentive to art, and how a shared passion for art can connect people to one another.’ — Sigrid Nunez, New Yorker (praise for Brian) ‘There’s a strange magic to Jeremy Cooper’s writing. The way he puts words together creates an incantatory effect. Reading him is to be spellbound, then. I have no idea how he does it, only that I am seduced.’ — Ben Myers, author of The Offing (praise for Brian) ‘What makes Jeremy Cooper’s seventh novel appealing and convincing is the author’s serene prose and tender, understated empathy…. This is an affectionate, thoughtful portrait of a gentle soul.’ — David Collard, Times Literary Supplement (praise for Brian)