Nathaniel Water is a doodling, neurotic, self-obsessed young British artist. His career is on the up, but his love life has taken a nosedive. Bored, he proposes marriage to his beautiful Slovak girlfriend, Jelena, with whom he fights constantly. But then he meets Harriet, a curator from Berlin… Can Water find happiness? Or is he caught in a downward spiral of nihilism and endless art openings? Delve in to this barking tale of love, family foibles and fame to find out. ‘Surprisingly readable – the frivolity of a youthful modern-times columnist in the culture section of one of the Sundays, combined with a sort of egotistical nastiness and a sad interest in the crappier aspects of the art world somehow results in a page turner.’ Matthew Collings ‘A sort of absurdist, amoral fable… There is something exquisitely tragic about Water’s life, a repetitive parade of posh restaraunts, press views and disinterested flings.’ Literary Review ‘Hilarious reading… Joffe, like his protagonist, is a rambunctious and successful young artist … it’s hard not to like him.’ Dogmatika.com
