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Big Nobody

byAlex Kadis

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A FIZZINGLY ORIGINAL COMING-OF-AGE STORY:
HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY MEETS DERRY GIRLS

'Audacious and hilarious' Rumaan Alam, author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND

For Constance ‘Connie’ Costa, life is just beginning. She dreams of leaving behind her dull, dreary life in ‘70s East London, shaking off her deeply embarrassing Greek-Cypriot community of interfering Aunties and pretend ‘cousins’, and running away with her best mate Vas (fellow misfit; NHS specs; soul of a poet). She is determined to take her rightful place alongside her hero, David Bowie, onstage at Wembley Stadium.

Only one thing stands in her way: her father, The Fat Murderer. No longer content with being an absolute imbecile and general abomination of nature, he has dialled up his campaign to ruin Connie’s life ever since the untimely death of her mother.

If she ever wants to claim the destiny that is rightfully hers, Connie has only one option left: to kill him.

Fizzingly original, disarmingly tender and laugh-out-loud funny, BIG NOBODY is a coming-of-age story about first love, first grief, and the long, painful journey to feeling like a somebody.

READERS LOVE CONNIE COSTA . . .

'Poignant, authentic and darkly funny' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Fabulous - I was rooting for Connie the whole way' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Smart, funny, quirky' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
This audacious debut novel reminds readers that humour might be the best way to talk about heartbreak. Big Nobody offers us both: it's a hilarious tale of awkward (is there any other kind?) adolescence that is also a moving story of family dysfunction. Don’t worry: there’s trauma, but there’s triumph, too.
Rumaan Alam, author of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND

About Alex Kadis

Alex Kadis is half-British, half-Greek, and grew up in Leyton and Walthamstow, East London. She studied English Literature at Goldsmiths University before embarking on a music journalism career. She was Features Editor at Smash Hits in its heyday (RIP) and has also written for various newspapers and magazines, including Sunday Times Style and Q Magazine. She then went into artist management and now works as a consultant in the music industry. Alex suffers from delusions of grandeur and still believes she will, one day, headline Wembley Stadium.
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  • Imprint: Hutchinson Heinemann
  • ISBN: 9781529155303
  • Length: 384 pages
  • Price: £16.99
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