1939: Adolf Hitler, fallen from power, seeks refuge in a London engulfed in the throes of a very British Fascism and ekes out a miserable living as a down-at-heels private eye. But in another time and place a man lies dreaming: Shomer, once a Yiddish pulp writer, who dreams lurid tales of revenge in the hell that is Auschwitz.
'A twisted masterpiece' Guardian1939: Adolf Hitler, fallen from power, seeks refuge in a London engulfed in the throes of a very British Fascism. Now eking a miserable living as a down-at-heels private eye and calling himself Wolf, he has no choice but to take on the case of a glamorous Jewish heiress whose sister went missing.It's a decision Wolf will very shortly regret.For in another time and place a man lies dreaming: Shomer, once a Yiddish pulp writer, who dreams lurid tales of revenge in the hell that is Auschwitz.Prescient, darkly funny and wholly original, the award-winning A Man Lies Dreaming is a modern fable for our time.
