Set This House in Order

The Mirage: A Novel

Author: Matt Ruff

A hugely inventive, hugely readable novel about two young people with Multiple Personality Disorder. ‘A gripping novel of suspense that could have come from the pen of Stephen King at his best.’ Daily Telegraph ‘Mouse is lying in a strange bed, in a strange house, with her hand pressed between the thighs of a man she has never seen before…She doesn’t scream. She wants to….Read More

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