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Literary Fiction

Author: Jenny Offill

Hilarious’ Adam Kay ‘Mind-blowingly brilliant’ Daily Mail ‘Loved it’ Robert Webb ‘Highly entertaining’ Evening Standard _____________________________ Frank Brill, a retired small-town newspaper editor, has just been given a terminal diagnosis. Rather than compile a bucket list of all the things he’s ever wanted to do in his life, he instead has at the ready his ‘fuck-it list’. Because Frank has had to endure more than his fair share of personal misfortune, not to mention having to live through two terms of a Trump Presidency. Armed with the names of all those who are to blame for the tragedies that have befallen him, it’s time for revenge…..Read More

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