Astronaut! 9781035420827 Paperback

‘Part thriller, part fable, this isfascinating, funny and very moving- highly recommended.’ -GUARDIAN’Brilliant, compulsive and thrilling. I will be reading this book again!’ -Alice Winn, author ofIN MEMORIAM’One of the best novels I’ve read this year.’ -Joanna Quinn, author ofThe Whalebone Theatre’You will love this book!’ -Jennifer Croft, translator ofFlightsby Olga Tokarczuk and author ofThe Extinction of Irena Rey~ ~ ~Romania, 1989:a grey place of mysterious queues, ubiquitous informers and daily news flashes about aman-eating bearthat is terrorising the country.Amidst the daily drudge of work, rationing and careful conversation with neighbours, two lives unexpectedly collide when an idealistic police detective,Constantin, is tasked with solving a string of grisly murders, and a rebellious school child,Lia, is unwittingly drawn into her elderly neighbour’s seditious plot.Dryly satirical, incredibly tense and deeply moving,ASTRONAUT!is both a detective novel and a coming-of-age tale, one with a perennially relevant message:the lies we accept today become the truths of tomorrow.More praise for ASTRONAUT!:’Had me on the edge of my seat’ -Kenan Orhan, author ofThe Renovation’If Solzhenitsyn and Hans Christian Andersen had had literary offspring, it might be Oana Aristide.’ -Sad Sayrafiezadeh, author ofAmerican Estrangement’Completely absorbing.’ -Georgina Godwin, broadcaster and literary journalist’With dark, bone-dry wit [. . . ]Astronaut!is quite unlike anything else so far this year.’ -IRISH TIMES