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We don’t want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this:

It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific.

The story starts there, but the book doesn’t.

And it’s what happens afterwards that is most important.

Once you have read it, you’ll want to tell everyone about it. When you do, please don’t tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.

Chris Cleaves debut novel INCENDIARY was an international bestseller published in 20 countries. It won the 2006 Somerset Maugham Award, was shortlisted for the 2006 Commonwealth Writers Prize, won the United States Book-of-the-Month Clubs First Fiction award 2005, won the Prix Spécial du Jury at the French Prix des Lecteurs 2007, and will soon be released as a major motion picture. Inspired by his early childhood in West Africa, THE OTHER HAND is Chris Cleaves’ second novel. He is married with two children, and lives in London. He keeps a website at http://www.chriscleave.com.