Set My Heart To Five

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You shall read this with unadulterated pleasure Scotland on Sunday

A beautiful, funny, heartfelt analysis of what it means to be human Simon Pegg
Set in a 2054 where humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated the moon, Set My Heart To Five is the hilarious yet profoundly moving story of one androids emotional awakening.

Unhappy with his programmed job of dentistry and inspired by a love of classic movies, Jared sets out on a bold mission: to use the power of his burgeoning feelings to forever change the world for him and all his kind. Unfortunately, Jared intends to do this by writing his own movie, and things do not proceed according to plan

Unlike anything you have ever read before, Set My Heart To Five is a book for anybody who has feelings, loves movies, and likes to laugh and cry and sometimes do both at the same time. It comes uniquely guaranteed to make its readers weep a minimum of 29mls of tears.*

*Book must be read in controlled laboratory conditions arranged at readers own expense. Other terms and conditions may apply to this offer.

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[A] laugh-out-loud funny debut novel absurdist, outrageous, irreverent and satirical by the end of Jareds adventures, readers will find themselves left with an appreciation for the mutuality of all sentient life, and for the universal desire to be acknowledged and appreciated, whether one is birthed from factory or hospital In Stephenson, Vonnegut may have his first true protg. Washington Post

I doubt Ill encounter a more endearing, more joy-provoking character this year The Bookseller, Book of the Month

A truly hilarious, clever, and strangely affecting meditation on the absurdity of Homo sapiens.I cried 67ml of tears Saga Magazine

Funny, original and thought-provoking Daily Mail

It is the closest thing Ive read in a long time to Terry Pratchett You will read this with unadulterated pleasure Scotland On Sunday

This beguiling debut exposes our frailties with subversive humour Mail on Sunday

Genuinely funny pacey and emotive Sunday Times

Only the truly heartless would deny the art at work here The Herald

This entertaining and surprisingly poignant story is a charmer Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Simon Stephenson is the author of the award-winning Let Not the Waves of the Sea (2012), a memoir about the loss of his brother in the Indian Ocean tsunami. He works as a screenwriter in both the UK and the US, and his credits include the forthcoming Amazon film 'Louis Wain', starring Benedict Cumberbatch. This is his first novel.