'A witty sprawling story about life's big changes and the things that never change told with
style and smarts by a remarkable new voice' Town & Country This is the story of twenty-four
hours in the life of an anxious 23-year-old called Natwest - and his desperate search for a
missing package containing something secret and deeply embarrassing. It's also the story of all
the people he encounters on this single day in his home town - from his mother to the dentist
to the girl at the bus stop in a sticky situation - and how their very different lives are
entwined with his own. 'It is a miracle to pull off the feat of being wickedly scabrous
(incurring in this reader loud snorts of laugher throughout) and managing somehow to be
generous and ultimately warm-hearted too a miracle that Nathan Newman pulls off brilliantly.
What a debut' Stephen Fry 'It's impossible not to be charmed by this big-hearted story'
Bustle 'Gobby barbed and garrulous a novel that takes swings with swagger' Eley Williams
'Most books that claim to be funny aren't actually all that funny. How to Leave the House is a
rare exception - genuinely hilarious utterly obnoxious impressively daring' Keiran Goddard
author of I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
