Man Lies Dreaming

THE CULT NOVEL RETURNS! "The best book I read last year is A Man Lies Dreaming by Lavie Tidhar... It is so cleverly constructed and such a spectacular conclusion unfolds that you are going to take it all very seriously." - Sting "Ambitious as hell" -Ian Rankin "An excellent novel" -Philip Kerr Since its original 2014 publication, A Man Lies Dreaming has been translated into multiple languages and gained a cult following for its dark humor, prescient politics and powerful exploration of the impossibility of fantasy. 1939: Adolf Hitler, fallen from power, seeks refuge in a London engulfed in the throes of a very British Fascism. Now eking a miserable living as a down-at-heels private eye and calling himself Wolf, he has no choice but to take on the case of a glamorous Jewish heiress whose sister went missing. It's a decision Wolf will very shortly regret. For in another time and place a man lies dreaming: Shomer, once a Yiddish pulp writer, who dreams lurid tales of revenge in the hell that is Auschwitz. Prescient, darkly funny and wholly original, the award-winning A Man Lies Dreaming is a modern fable for our time that comes "crashing through the door of literature like Sam Spade with a .38 in his hand" (Guardian). PRAISE FOR LAVIE TIDHAR Winner - The World Fantasy AwardWinner - The John W. Campbell AwardWinner - The British Fantasy AwardWinner - The Jerwood Fiction Uncovered PrizeWinner - The Neukom Literary Arts AwardWinner - The Kitschies AwardWinner - The BSFA Award "Tidhar is a genius at conjuring realities that are just two steps to the left of our own." -NPR "Tidhar changes genres with every outing, but his astounding talents guarantee something new and compelling no matter the story he tells." -Library Journal "In a genre entirely of his own, and quite possibly a warped genius." -Ian McDonald, author of River of Gods "Already staked a claim as the genre's most interesting, most bold, and most accomplished writer." -Locus "Tidhar is a master at taking concepts that really shouldn't work and crafting them into something uniquely brilliant." -GeekDad"He is perhaps the UK's most literary speculative fiction writer." -Strange Horizons"Like early Kurt Vonnegut... both writers seem to channel the same prankster glee that covers deep despair." -Locus"Bears comparison with the best of Philip K Dick" -The Financial Times PRAISE FOR A MAN LIES DREAMING JERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE WINNER 2015BRITISH FANTASY AWARD NOMINEE 2015PREMIO ROMA NOMINEE 2016GEFFEN PRIZE NOMINEE 2019>"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