Bring the House Down

A one woman show A one night stand A one star review 'Sharp-witted, wise, and authentic what a fierce, fantastically funny read' CLAIRE LOMBARDO 'Funny, bold and tender I loved this incendiary debut' EMILIA HART 'Exceptional When a man treats a woman badly, what does he deserve?' JENNIE GODFREY At the Edinburgh Fringe, vicious theatre critic Alex Lyons is dashing off his latest hatchet job. When Alex meets the shows performer, Hayley, in a bar afterwards, she has no idea who he is. Its only after theyve spent the night together that Alexs well-meaning flatmate, Sophie, accidentally shows Hayley the one-star review. Humiliated and furious, Hayley revamps her show into a one-star review of Alexs entire life. Starring every bad thing hes ever done to anyone. Sparing absolutely no details. Hayleys show is an instant hit, setting off a cultural earthquake. With Alexs life in ruins, Sophie has a front-row seat to the carnage. Which is how she discovers that, sometimes, the audience is the most dangerous place to be. Funny and thrilling, for readers of Cleopatra and Frankenstein or Fleishman is in Trouble, this is an extraordinary debut novel about bad art and good art and who gets to say what. About the one-star reviews we wish we could give out, and the personal criticism we would rather not face.