Odd Hours

Ania Bas, Robyn Holdaway

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Mountain Leopard Press
16 August 2022

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

'This wove a spell on me'

Marian Keyes

'F
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Daisy May Cooper

Meet Gosia.

She's a sensitive soul with a filthy mind and problems with intimacy.

Between shifts in a well-lit budget supermarket and nights in a badly lit Zone 3 flatshare, she spends hours inside her own head. That is, until a chance encounter snaps her out of her reverie.

Propelled into a series of mediocre jobs, lousy dates and even worse sex, the prickly yet warm-hearted Gosia begins her excavation of the 'perfect' life so many dream of.

After all, could there be more to it than she imagined?

Raw, funny, mean and moving, Odd Hours is a razor-sharp social comedy about human connection, unexpected happiness, and the many forms of love.

'A hymn to normality and an absolute joy to read'

Sarah May

'Compelling, surprising, funny'

Kate Sawyer

'Bas writes so well about that state of being young and trying so hard to make connections'

Marianne Levy

'Dark, sharply funny and utterly rewarding ... Reminded me of the brilliant books by Kirsty Capes ... Highly recommended'

Liz Hyder

By: Ania Bas
Read by: Robyn Holdaway
Imprint: Mountain Leopard Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781787399495
ISBN 10: 1787399494
Pages: 488
Publication Date: 16 August 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ania Bas grew up in Poland and moved to the UK 15 years ago to pursue a career in the arts. She has worked with Tate, Whitechapel Gallery and others as an artist and arts organiser. She began writing Odd Hours on the Faber Academy 'Writing a Novel' course.

Reviews for Odd Hours

'Dark, sharply funny and utterly rewarding ... Reminded me of the brilliant books by Kirsty Capes ... Highly recommended' -- Liz Hyder 'This enigmatic and idiosyncratic gem is eccentric, quirky and utterly original' -- Kevin O'Sullivan (Irish Examiner Book of 2022) 'Bas writes so well about that state of being young and trying so hard to make connections' -- Marianne Levy 'Odd Hours is a brilliant satire on the struggles of life in the zero-hours sector ... An auspicious debut' -- Paul Mendez