Matt Haig is the author of the New York Times
bestsellers The Midnight Library and The Comfort Book, the
internationally bestselling memoirs Reasons to Stay Alive and Notes
on a Nervous Planet, and five other novels, including The Dead
Fathers Club and The Possession of Mr. Cave, and several
award-winning children's books. His work has been translated into
more than forty languages.
"The Dead Fathers Club has much to recommend it. . . . It's
ingenious."
-USA Today
"Captures a studied, Haddonesque naivete."
-Entertainment Weekly
"full of funny moments" -- San Francisco Chronicle
"We now owe another debt to Shakespeare, and one to Haig, for
re-imagining a tragic masterpiece with such wit, force,
and-yes-originality."
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Humorous and original."
-Daily Mail (London)
"An absolutely irresistible read."
-Booklist (starred review)
"Utterly engrossing" -- The Observor (London)
"A story . . . so surprising and strange that it vaults into a
realm of its own" ― Guardian
"Both funny, surreal and at times full of very black humour"
― Sunday Express (London)
Praise for Matt Haig:
“A keen-eyed observer of contemporary life.” ―New York Times
“I can't describe how much his work means to me . . . The king of
empathy.” ―JAMEELA JAMIL
“Love this man's books.” ―JODI PICOULT
“Haig is one of the most important writers of our
time.” ―DOLLY ALDERTON
“Matt Haig is a writer for children and adults who is adept at
digging into the human heart.” ―Sunday Times (London)
“Matt Haig has an empathy for the human condition, the light and
the dark of it, and he uses the full palette to build his excellent
stories.” ―NEIL GAIMAN
“Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the
tin.” ―JEANETTE WINTERSON
“Haig is one of the most inspirational popular writers on mental
health of our age.” ― Independent (London)
“Haig writes exquisitely from the perspective of the heart-sore
outsider, but at their most moving his novels reveal the unbearable
beauty of ordinary life.” ―Guardian
“Matt Haig has a way of looking at life which will make you stop
and think, and by the time you reach the last page, you will
understand the world just that little bit better and feel a little
more comfortable being in it.” ―JOANNA CANNON
Phillip Noble's father is killed in a car accident, and suddenly Uncle Alan is hanging around Phillip's mother. It isn't long before the ghost of Phillip's dad appears and tells the 11 year old that the death was no accident. The ghost also tells Phillip about the dead fathers club, whose members are doomed to an eternity of terrors because their murders were never avenged. The only solution is for Phillip to murder his uncle before his father's next birthday. Unsure of what to do, Phillip rents a DVD, The Murder of Gonzago: A Brother's Murder, a Son's Revenge, to see how his uncle reacts. Haig (The Last Family in England) neatly sustains the Hamlet parallel, giving Phillip a girlfriend named Leah whose father is a bit meddlesome and revealing Phillip's uncertainty about whether to believe the ghost. Yet Phillip is no prince-in fact, he's a bumbling boy-and unlike Hamlet's father, this ghost hangs around quite a bit. What makes this work effective is that the narrative captures the anxiety of a timid boy, ridiculed by everyone, who must decide whether and how to kill his charismatic uncle. Hamlet never faced such difficulties. Recommended.-Joshua Cohen, Mid-Hudson Lib. Syst., Poughkeepsie, NY Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
"The Dead Fathers Club has much to recommend it. . . . It's
ingenious."
-USA Today
"Captures a studied, Haddonesque naivete."
-Entertainment Weekly
"full of funny moments" -- San Francisco Chronicle
"We now owe another debt to Shakespeare, and one to Haig, for
re-imagining a tragic masterpiece with such wit, force,
and-yes-originality."
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Humorous and original."
-Daily Mail (London)
"An absolutely irresistible read."
-Booklist (starred review)
"Utterly engrossing" -- The Observor (London)
"A story . . . so surprising and strange that it vaults into a
realm of its own" Guardian
"Both funny, surreal and at times full of very black humour"
Sunday Express (London)
Praise for Matt Haig:
"A keen-eyed observer of contemporary life." New York
Times
"I can't describe how much his work means to me . . . The king of
empathy." JAMEELA JAMIL
"Love this man's books." JODI PICOULT
"Haig is one of the most important writers of our time." DOLLY
ALDERTON
"Matt Haig is a writer for children and adults who is adept at
digging into the human heart." Sunday Times (London)
"Matt Haig has an empathy for the human condition, the light and
the dark of it, and he uses the full palette to build his excellent
stories." NEIL GAIMAN
"Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin." JEANETTE
WINTERSON
"Haig is one of the most inspirational popular writers on mental
health of our age." Independent (London)
"Haig writes exquisitely from the perspective of the heart-sore
outsider, but at their most moving his novels reveal the unbearable
beauty of ordinary life." Guardian
"Matt Haig has a way of looking at life which will make you stop
and think, and by the time you reach the last page, you will
understand the world just that little bit better and feel a little
more comfortable being in it." JOANNA CANNON
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