Winner of the Somerset Maugham Prize and shortlisted for the Portico Prize - The Adult is a novel of life in the shadow of the limelight, and other twenty-first-century tribulations.

WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM PRIZE'Funny, sad, bewildering and painfully honest, it’s a must-read for all fans of Joe Dunthorne’s Submarine’ Emerald StreetJim Thorne.He wants to understand love.His mum.Her three sisters have epic perms.And they’re famous.His dad.He is focused on a vital question-Mario or Sonic?It’s England, 1989-2009.So expect a little history.The dolphin’s name is Dilly.