BRAT

A Ghost Story

Gabriel Smith

• Publisher: Scribner UK
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781398525320
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

THE INSTANT CULT CLASSIC FROM THE WINNER OF THE O. HENRY PRIZE

‘Full of dark, deadpan humour, Brat is a raucous story of the messy, messed-up business of living, dying and having a family.’ Financial Times
‘A moving coming-of-age family story’ Observer
'Beautifully written, hilarious, and heartbreaking' Daily Mail
'A raw, delicate tale about grief and growing up' The New Yorker 
'Iconic', Radio 1
'The novel crackles with gothic horror, deadpan humor, and a damning sense of alienation that you won’t soon shake.' Chicago Review of Books
'Instead of resolving his novel’s many mysteries, Smith explores how this family navigates the disputed borders of its shared memories, pondering what it means to choose one story over another—as well as the consequences of refusing to choose, especially in the wake of grief.' The New York Times

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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.

Disquieting and hilarious, taut yet lyrical, blisteringly-paced but formally inventive, Brat is a mediation on grief, art and love that will leave you altered, breathless and desperate for more. 
 
From a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read before. 
 

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Chapter One
• Chapter Two
• Chapter Three
• Chapter Four
• Chapter Five
• Chapter Six
• Chapter Seven
• Chapter Eight
• Chapter Nine
• Chapter Ten
• Chapter Eleven
• Chapter Twelve
• Chapter Thirteen
• Chapter Fourteen
• Chapter Fifteen
• Chapter Sixteen
• Cum Tributo
• Chapter Seventeen
• Chapter Eighteen
• Chapter Nineteen
• Chapter Twenty
• Chapter Twenty-One
• Chapter Twenty-Two
• Chapter Twenty-Three
• Chapter Twenty-Four
• Chapter Twenty-Five
• Chapter Twenty-Six
• Chapter Twenty-Seven
• Chapter Twenty-Eight
• A Bit of Earth
• Chapter Twenty-Nine
• Chapter Thirty
• Chapter Thirty-One
• Chapter Thirty-Two
• Chapter Thirty-Three
• Chapter Thirty-Four
• Chapter Thirty-Five
• Chapter Thirty-Six
• Chapter Thirty-Seven
• Chapter Thirty-Eight
• Chapter Thirty-Nine
• Chapter Forty
• Chapter Forty-One
• Chapter Forty-Two
• Chapter Forty-Three
• Chapter Forty-Four
• Chapter Forty-Five
• Chapter Forty-Six
• Chapter Forty-Seven
• Chapter Forty-Eight
• Chapter Forty-Nine
• Chapter Fifty
• A Bit of Earth
• Chapter Fifty-One
• Chapter Fifty-Two
• Chapter Fifty-Three
• Chapter Fifty-Four
• Chapter Fifty-Five
• Chapter Fifty-Six
• Chapter Fifty-Seven
• Chapter Fifty-Eight
• Chapter Fifty-Nine
• Chapter Sixty
• Chapter Sixty-One
• Chapter Sixty-Two
• Fable 8
• Fable 13
• Fable 21
• Chapter Sixty-Three
• Chapter Sixty-Four
• Chapter Sixty-Five
• Chapter Sixty-Six
• Chapter Sixty-Seven
• The Tape
• Chapter Sixty-Eight
• Chapter Sixty-Nine
• Chapter Seventy
• Chapter Seventy-One
• Chapter Seventy-Two
• A Bit of Earth: Chapter Thirteen
• Chapter Seventy-Three
• Chapter Seventy-Four
• Chapter Seventy-Five
• About Love
• Chapter Seventy-Six
• Chapter Seventy-Seven
• Chapter Seventy-Eight
• Chapter Seventy-Nine
• Chapter Eighty
• Chapter Eighty-One
• Chapter Eighty-Two
• Chapter Eighty-Three
• Chapter Eighty-Four
• Chapter Eighty-Five
• Chapter Eighty-Six
• Chapter Eighty-Seven
• Chapter Eighty-Eight
• Chapter Eighty-Nine
• Chapter Ninety
• Chapter Ninety-One
• Chapter Ninety-Two
• Chapter Ninety-Three
• Chapter Ninety-Four
• Chapter Ninety-Five
• Chapter Ninety-Six
• Chapter Ninety-Seven
• Chapter Ninety-Eight
• Chapter Ninety-Nine
• Chapter Hundred
• A Bit of Earth: Chapter Thirty-Four
• Chapter Hundred and One
• Chapter Hundred and Two
• Chapter Hundred and Three
• Chapter Hundred and Four
• Chapter Hundred and Five
• Chapter Hundred and Six
• Chapter Hundred and Seven
• Chapter Hundred and Eight
• Chapter Hundred and Nine
• Chapter Hundred and Ten
• Acknowledgments
• Copyright