Insignificance

By James Clammer

Book Overview

For fans of Ottessa Moshfegh's Death in Her Hands and Rivka Galchen's Atmospheric Disturbances, a plumber's Mrs. Dalloway

Back on the job after a long leave, Joseph is not at all sure he'll be able to fix his wife's best friend's water heater. Or that he'll even make it through the day.

Bad thoughts keep creeping in. His son, suffering from a condition in which he believes someone close to him has been replaced by an imposter, has tried to kill Joseph's wife. He's worried that he'll try again. And that his wife is planning to leave him.

Placing the reader inside the head of the struggling Joseph, Insignificance works double time, as a portrait of the uncertainty and awkwardness of one vulnerable man and his relationship with the world, and also as a tense, emotional, and gripping drama.

In this deeply human and highly inventive story, we have an unforgettable portrait of a mind moving closer and closer to the edge. The UK edition of this novel, published by Galley Beggar Press, has been chosen as a Guardian Fiction Pick.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552454347
• ISBN13: 9781552454343
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Coach House Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Boring

Sooooo boring. DNF-d the book. Not worth the time