Dot in the Universe
- ISBN-10
- 1408840812
- ISBN-13
- 9781408840818
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-07-18
- Publisher
- A&C Black
- Author
- Lucy Ellmann
Description
By the author of Ducks, Newburyport, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2019 and the Goldsmiths Prize Dot used to think she was perfect, with her pointy nose, pink skin and blonde hair. But now she lives on Abalone Avenue with a husband who chases women and swordfish. And she has a rather icky Fatal Flaw. And the universe doesn't give a damn! So DOT decides to End It All. Will death be fast? Slow? EMBARRASING? But despite her valiant suicide by tea cosy followed by a jaunt to the morgue, DOT wakes up...
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