'An insightful and humorous tale of the unexpected.'

What happens when Adrian, an actuary, has his banal and predictable existence turned upside down by sinister forces that he can neither understand nor control? How will he react to a revelation that leaves his life in turmoil? Will he surrender or strive for redemption in an altered world, where rationality, scientific logic and algorithms no longer provide the answers?

'A sardonic delight. If Thackeray had lived in the 21st century, then he might have written Charles Middleworth.'

'A wonderfully...