The Syme Papers

Proof Copy. 8vo., 496 pp. Printed card wraps.

Author's literary debut. In the tradition of the campus or 'library novel', an obsessive academic intent on proving his subject matter's unrecognized contribution to the theory of continental drift, stumbles upon a contemporary account that might just prove him right. Selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists in 2013.

"A remarkable first novel... the observation of fallible humanity is unflinching, the portrayal of academic obsession is illuminating, and the subject matter is thought-provoking." –Sunday Telegraph