Trading Futures

This is Matthew Oxenhay at 60: a stranger to his wife an embarrassment to his children and failed former contender for the top job at his City firm. Seizing on his birthday party as an opportunity to deliver some rather crushing home truths to his assembled loved ones it seems as though Matthew might have hit rock bottom. The truth however is that he has some way to go yet. When he unexpectedly bumps into Anna (the one who got away) the stage is set for an epic unraveling. Darkly funny Trading Futures forces us to confront how change like death is an inevitable fact of life: feared by most it can transform or overwhelm us. This is a brilliantly observed novel for fans of works such as John Lanchester''s Mr. Phillips and On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan.