Quicksand

Dazzling, hilarious, disturbing and utterly unforgettable new novel from the author of the Man Booker-shortlisted A Fraction of the Whole.

Intensely moving, darkly funny and hugely entertaining, Quicksand focuses on the multifaceted dynamics between the protagonists Aldo and Liam: lifelong friends, criminal and police officer, muse and writer. As well as being a compulsively funny work, Quicksand also offers its reader a profound exploration of fate, suffering and resilience; a gruelling yet illuminating depiction of physical disability; and a subversive portrait of 21st-century society in all its hypocrisy and absurdity.

©2015 Steve Toltz (P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton

Random, funny, challenging, unique.

Joel Davey reads Toltz with a directness, humour and truth that brings the characters and situations wonderfully to life.

At first I felt the style and content were very similar to Toltz other novel "A Fraction of the Whole"...that's ok, I thought...cos it is a masterpiece, I could take another dose....but as the book progresses I fell in love with its central character in a way that is impossible in the other novel. Funny, and so weird as to be utterly believable. Well worth a listen. It makes you think.