Author(s): James Clammer

Novel | Galley Beggar Press

For fans of Ottessa Moshfegh's Death in Her Hands and Rivka Galchen's Atmospheric Disturbances, a plumber's Mrs. Dalloway

Back on the job after a long leave, Joseph is not at all sure he'll be able to fix hiswife's best friend's water heater. Or that he'll even make it through the day.

Bad thoughts keep creeping in. His son, suffering from a conditionin which he believes someone close to him has been replaced by an imposter,has tried to kill Joseph's wife. He's worried that he'll try again. And that his wife isplanning to leave him.

Placing the reader inside the head of the struggling Joseph, Insignificanceworks double time, as a portrait of the uncertainty and awkwardness of one vulnerableman and his relationship with the world, and also as a tense, emotional,and gripping drama.

In this deeply human and highly inventive story, we have an unforgettableportrait of a mind moving closer and closer to the edge.The UK edition of this novel, published by Galley Beggar Press, has been chosenas a Guardian Fiction Pick.