One of the most eagerly anticipated literary debuts of 2008, this novel combines antic humour, similar to Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut, with a stunning futuristic vision, as in "A Clockwork Orange" and "1984". It's an electrifying original tale of love, friendship and the apocalypse. With a fantastic and unusual eye-catching package, it's equal parts raucous adventure, comic odyssey and cool epic. The US rights went to Kopf for a six figure sum.