I was in the waiting room. Then I was in the examinationroom. Gabriel\'s skin is falling off. His dad is dead. He owes his editor a novel. His girlfriend won\'t answer his calls. Tasked by his horribly well-adjusted brother with clearing out the family home for sale, Gabriel\'s sanity quickly begins to unravel. His parents\' old manuscripts appear to change each time he reads them. A bizarre home video hints at long-buried secrets. And there\'s a hideous man in the garden. From a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read.