The Crash of Hennington Patrick Ness Paperback - 272 pages (6 October, 2003) Flamingo; ISBN: 000713942X

Patrick Ness's hilarious debut novel The Crash Of Hennington has received rave reviews from the critics. At turns surreal, charming, funny and humane, this novel tells the story of Jon Noth, a man who has returned after forty years to the seaside city of Hennington, with the intention of reclaiming his lost love Cora Larsson. Unfortunately Cora (now Mayor of Hennington) is married and not remotely interested in his advances. Meanwhile a mysterious herd of rhinoceros roam the city streets...
The Crash of Hennington is a work of fiction that has invited comparison with great writers such as JG Ballard, Philip Pullman, Peter Carey and even Jonathan Swift. Despite this it still reads as an entirely unique and accomplished work, in its questioning of modem life and love.
'An ebullient, hectic, surreal satire of an alien yet familiar world'
The Times
'Ness weaves sharp dialogue and outrageous oplot-weaving with hallucinatory material worthy of Russell Hoban or Philip Pullman, but the unpredictable result is entirely original. More please!'
Patrick Gale
'A very funny novel... It is a book with its own indefiniable flavour'
Time Out
'Rich, complex... Ness is surprisingly wise... a satirist in the tradition of Jonathan Swift, but in modern clothing.'
Toronto Globe & Mail
'Engaging, quirky...Always teetering on the surreal but ultimately pinned to daily life by Ness's playful, knowing intelligence.'
Arena

Paperback, excellent condition