The Lunacy Commission

Lavie Tidhar

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JABBERWOCKY
18 May 2021

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fantasy; Short stories; Dark Fantasy / Grimdark; Urban Fantasy; Detective Fantasy; Fantasy Alternate History; Noir

"""Tidhar is a genius at conjuring realities that are just two steps to the left of our own."" –NPR

""A warped genius... There is no one like him."" – Ian McDonald

With an introduction by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of New York Times Bestseller Mexican Gothic

Lavie Tidhar's ground-breaking, award winning novel A Man Lies Dreaming introduced Adolf Hitler as a down-at-heels private detective, forced to eke out a miserable living in 1930s London. Forgotten by history, the man now calling himself Wolf is the lowest of the low, suffering fresh humiliations at every turn.

Now Wolf is back, in five darkly comic new stories that see him take on blackmail, murder, and theft – not to mention his old comrades.

A brilliant alternate history noir with a heart, these stories are in turn shocking, horrifying and comic, as could only come from the mind of World Fantasy Award winner Lavie Tidhar.

PRAISE FOR LAVIE TIDHAR'S A MAN LIES DREAMING

JERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE WINNER 2015 BRITISH FANTASY AWARD NOMINEE 2015 PREMIO ROMA NOMINEE 2016 GEFFEN PRIZE NOMINEE 2019 DUBLIN LITERATURE AWARD LONGLIST 2016

""Complex, elusive and intriguing"" –The Jerusalem Post ""Nasty, clever, waspish and witty… a brilliant and potent thought experiment"" –The Sunday Herald ""Bold and unnerving"" –NPR ""Damn good"" –Jewish Book Council ""A wholly original Holocaust story: as outlandish as it is poignant."" –Kirkus (starred review) ""A vital, brilliant novel"" –Barnes & Noble SFF Blog ""Outstanding and moving"" –Maxim Jakubowski, LoveReading.co.uk ""Gripping… clever and thrilling work"" –Buzz Magazine ""In turns brutal, harrowing, heartbreaking and intriguing…. [an] unforgettable novel."" –Gulf Weekly ""Poetic & terrible… quite incredible"" –Tor.com ""A brilliant novel."" –Pop Verse"

By: Lavie Tidhar
Imprint: JABBERWOCKY
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9781625675231
ISBN 10: 1625675232
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 18 May 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lavie Tidhar is the author of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize winning and Premio Roma nominee A Man Lies Dreaming (2014), the World Fantasy Award winning Osama (2011) and of the critically-acclaimed The Violent Century (2013). His latest novel is Central Station (2016). He is the author of many other novels, novellas and short stories.