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Kevin MacNeil

The Brilliant & Forever

A Scottish isle hosts a literary festival in this humorous yet tragic novel by the author of A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde.
On an island like no other, populated by writers, the annual Brilliant & Forever Festival is a much anticipated event; its participants a story away from either glory or infamy. This year, three best friends—two human, one alpaca—are chosen to compete, so victory is not only about reward. This is a novel like no other; a wonderful, provocative tussle, a whip-cracking, energetic, laugh-out-loud satire on what we value in culture, and in our lives. And yet, written with exquisite warmth and empathy, it’s also a moving exploration of integrity, friendship and belonging. It’ll split your sides and break your heart.
Praise for The Brilliant & Forever
“Laugh-out-loud funny. It’s so refreshing to read a book that isn’t like anything else.” —David Robinson
“A wise warm-hearted meditation on the human condition.” —TheScotsman (UK)
“Full of wry detail and satirical flourish, a demonstration of virtuoso storytelling. MacNeil atomizes the process of othering by which communities define themselves. All of that makes it sound overly serious, which it isn’t: MacNeil’s prose style keeps things light, lyrical, and funny.” —The Skinny
“The reader will realize that this charming, sad novel is inspired by Italo Calvino . . . . It is a joy to read such an engaging, luminous novel, which dissects rather than enacts our cultural cringe.” —The Guardian (UK) 
245 printed pages
Original publication
2016
Publication year
2016
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  • Madina Tuleyevahas quoted2 years ago
    Macy meant it when she smiled and she smiled often; you felt safe in her company.
  • Madina Tuleyevahas quoted2 years ago
    you sneeze, ten people offer you a tissue, one prays for your soul, six laugh as though they’ve never sneezed in their lives, five secretly hope it’s the sign of a serious, perhaps fatal, ailment and thirteen people know it’s a cold and who you caught it from.
  • Madina Tuleyevahas quoted2 years ago
    grew up wanting to murder everyone with loving-kindness.
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