The
book you were meant to read is missing.
When
the only copy of his manuscript – a biography of Jonathan
Blashette, three-legged circus performer, philanthropist and
entrepreneur – is destroyed by a careless editor, writer Mark
Dunn wearily accepts an offer to publish instead the only surviving
text: the footnotes. Ibid is the result.
Hilarious, compelling
and absolutely unique, it is the story of a life and times
constructed entirely in the margins of a fictional lost book whose
contents you, the reader, will have to imagine.
By the
acclaimed author of Ella Minnow Pea, this is without doubt
one of the most deliciously original and entertaining novels
you will ever read.
‘Frequently
reduced me to hysterics’
Scotland on Sunday
‘Terrific,
if mental ... I have wordless admiration for the
man’
Metro
‘Very
much in the Woody Allen mould, Dunn possesses a dizzying
comic aptitude’
The Times
‘Unbearably hilarious’
Los Angeles Times