A big debut novel -- a perfect blend of the quirky and commercial, in the vein of "When God Was a Rabbit."
Introducing... Odeline Milk, a strange young lady from a sleepy, buttoned-down market town.
A young lady with an obsession -- you can guess what it is by the way she dresses: white collarless shirt, a waistcoat and billowing black trousers, the bowler hat.
She's on her way to London, to make her name as a great mime artist. She hopes.
And typical Odeline, she's arriving prepared. With the small inheritance left her by her mother, she's bought herself a home, an old...