![]() ![]() ‘The blend of real and wit made for a wonderfully sublime experience. ‘ I haven’t read a book this engrossing for a long time.’ ‘The premise is bizarre but brilliant! I am ready to move to Hudson, NY to meet these folks!’ ![]() A new – and not entirely honest – relationship is going to be born.Ī relationship that will transform both of their lives. Its utterly shocking, absolutely hysterical, and beautifully cynical. What Greta doesn’t know is that she’s about to bump into Big Swiss in the local dog park. Big Swiss is the sort of strange and beautiful novel that you have to read to believe. Greta is miles away, sitting at a desk in her own house, wearing only headphones, fingerless gloves, a kimono, and legwarmers, transcribing this disembodied voice. Greta and Big Swiss are not in the same room, or even the same building. Nor has Greta actually ever been to Switzerland. Well that’s how Greta imagines seeing her they haven’t actually ever met in person. She’s a head-turner: including the heads of infants and dogs. Greta can see her now: dressed top to toe in white, that adorable gap between her two front teeth, her penetrating blue eyes. Beagin holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine. That’s Greta’s nickname for her – she is tall, and she is from Switzerland. Jen Beagins upcoming novel Big Swiss will be published in 2023. Trauma shouldn’t be this fun.’ SARA PASCOE ![]() I laughed so hard it ached.’ GILLIAN ANDERSON ‘Made me laugh and think too much (the right amount?) about sex and death and honesty.‘ MONICA HEISEY ** SOON TO BE A MAJOR HBO SERIES STARRING JODIE COMER ** ![]()
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