Dream Sequence

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A novel about the brutality of fame and what happens when fandom turns to obsession from the Booker-shortlisted author of The Quickening Maze A novel about the brutality of fame and what happens when fandom turns to obsession, from the Booker-shortlisted author of The Quickening Maze Henry Banks, a brilliant, anxiously ambitious young actor prepared to go to any length for a role, is finally on the brink of achieving serious celebrity. However, Henry has - unwittingly - become an important part of the life of recently-divorced Kristin. Sitting in her beautiful, empty Philadelphia home, Kristin's obsession with Henry grows and she becomes convinced they are destined to be together. Flying to London she resolves to bring their relationship to fruition no matter what the cost. 'This mordantly clever story about fame, fantasy and narcissism is deliciously funny. Foulds is a very fine writer' Observer

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Pitch-perfect sentence by pitch-perfect sentence, Foulds weaves a quiet but harrowing tale of obsession that takes the reader into the characters tragic downward spiral Dream Sequence is as good a novel as I have read in a while. -- Lawrence Osborne, author of Beautiful Animals
Incisively well-written and alluringly readable This prose is truly poetic, being concise, not impasto This novel moves like a thriller A terrific book about the realities and delusion of fame distorting the way we live now: not to be missed. * Evening Standard *
Adam Foulds is the real deal its the details of the writing itself the precision of the word selection combined with the precision of the observation that make for such enjoyable reading. -- Edward Docx * Guardian *
This mordantly clever story about fame, fantasy and narcissism is deliciously funny Foulds is a very fine writer. -- Johanna Thomas-Corr * Observer *
An exquisitely concocted, riveting account of artistic ambition and unrequited love Foulds is proving himself to be a very versatile writer of intelligence and charm. * Spectator *

Author Bio

Adam Foulds's most recent books are In the Wolf's Mouth, The Quickening Maze, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Encore Award and the European Union Prize for Literature, and The Broken Word, which won the Costa Poetry Award and the Somerset Maugham Award. He has recently been awarded the E.M. Forster Award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and named as one of Granta's 'Best of Young British Novelists'.