Wild Life
by Liam Brown
The new novel from the Guardian Not the Booker-shortlisted author of Real MonstersLonglisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize 2016'Compelling, chilling investigation into the dark instincts of masculinity' — Guardian'...as intoxicating as home-distilled hooch.' — Stephen May, Costa Novel Award-shortlisted author'...inventive, finely written and disturbing.'— Jim Crace, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted authorWhen we moved into the wild, the wild moved into us.When a troubled advertising salesman loses his job, the fragile wall between his public and private personas comes tumbling down. Fleeing his debtors, Adam abandons his family and takes to sleeping rough in a local park, where a fraternity of homeless men befriend him.As the months pass, Adam gradually learns to appreciate the tough new regime, until winter arrives early, threatening to turn his paradise into a...