‘Like some stoned new Kerouac, simply brilliant...’ Dom Joly.
UK comedian Dom Joly has drawn attention to Legend Press’s new novel, Queer Fish in God’s Waiting Room, calling the surreal comedy ‘simply brilliant’. This endorsement is the latest indication that Queer Fish, by talented new fiction writer Lee Henshaw, is set to make a strong mark in the book world with its fresh style and quirky form of hilarious story-telling. It will be promoted front-of-shop across all Waterstone's, Borders and Books etc branches from the time of its launch in February and has also already been recommended by Publishing News as one of the best new titles to look out for. (See below).
Henshaw originally wrote the book to ask his girlfriend to marry him although the book is far from a standard romance, containing instructions on how to build a blackcurrant bath bong, and featuring a ‘talking fanny’. Luckily the girl in question still said yes and this unusual romantic back-story prompted us to move fast to beat off growing publisher interest. We're publishing the short novel at the start of February in time for it to be available as the perfect non-mushy and non-traditional Valentine’s Day gift, and all signs point to the novel selling strongly throughout 2008 to become one of the hits of the year.
The quirky comedy has already caught the online world’s attention through a popular blog after the author decided to have 100 copies printed to see how many he could get placed (or ‘shop-gifted’) on bookshop shelves next to his near-namesake Hemingway. He publicised his mission through a blog, which he titled ‘Next to Hemingway’ (www.next-to-hemingway.blogspot.com) and copies were ‘shop-gifted’ all over the country and around the world. Pictures were taken on each occasion and can be viewed on the blog and also at Lee’s ‘Next to Hemingway’ facebook group.
Tom's official pess quote for this brilliant new novel is as follows:
“Classically written, yet often unconventional and surreal, this superb book already has a major following as a result of the hugely-popular Next-to-Hemingway blog, and we expect this popularity to grow exponentially when we publish it.
"Set in and around the cities of New York, Mexico and Caracas, Queer Fish in God’s Waiting Room is ‘a cautionary tale for elder brothers and their new girlfriends’. Liam Kerby sets out on a series of three trips with Brother James and his best mate Ed Lover, and on the final journey they are joined by My Claire and Ursula Paradise. This is a story of travelling, fun, and ultimately how – without the use of the right words – new relationships can affect those you thought were unshakable. It’s an often surreal, always brilliant comedy.”
Couldn't have put it better myself Tom!
Emma
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