The Cuckoo of Awareness

Following hard on the heels of tragedy and a botched suicide attempt The Cuckoo of Awareness has flown in to the Cotswolds to rescue the life of Tom Atkins - whether he likes it or not.If that wasnt bad enough at the same time a Black Swan event - the Battle of Wellington Square - the most uplifting peacetime civilian massacres in history - was coming to the doorstep of his home in Cheltenhamshire.The 8th Wonder of the World is about to explode GCHQ has gone rogue the Machine of Happiness has been invented Barry the Birdman Jones the UKs leading twitcher is on his way to Welly local hero Bob Sitting Bull Brady is on the warpath Wongo the Wongolian Wonder Dog is just Wongoing around and the Moom Monsters are on their way to Murria...All of this amounts to just one thing: Andrew Brushs debut novel The Cuckoo of Awareness is a delightfully unpredictable riot of black absurdism - delivered in an imaginative rapid-fire poetic prose style - that is at once very funny profound and affecting.