A darkly funny, bold and confronting first novel from an exciting new talent The novel tells the story of Billy Montgomery, an Irish Loyalist fleeing the violence of his homeland and trying to forget his part in it, making his way around the party circuit and backpacker trail in Thailand Received stellar reviews on publication in Australia Author is from Belfast, Northern Ireland; has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Australia for thirteen years; and now lives in Berlin. He regularly visits the US and will be on the east coast in late 2013 for publicity Author guest-edited McSweeneys 41 in 2012 and has been a regular columnist on the blog page of the Paris Review. He will be posting again in the lead-up to US release.