I loved this effervescent dialogue between she and He, angel and accountant, wild desire and the (ever more desirable) quotidian. Its Deborah Levy at her wise, witty and playful best. Read it and be seduced away from (or back into) the suburbs of hell. Lisa Appignanesi Levy just gets it entirely - the whole business of drab and yet compelling routine, and the fear of the inestimable, the longing nonetheless, the surrender each day to the ordinary, dispersing the dream, only to dream it again. An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell encapsulates all of this, redeems the crumpled weary mortal, sends him into a wild realm of uncertainty, satirises him, lavishes him with affection. A crazily beautiful, astonishing, original work of art. Joanna Kavenna An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell redeems the crumpled weary mortal, sends him into a wild realm of uncertainty, satirises him, lavishes him with affection. A crazily beautiful, astonishing, original work of art. Joanna Kavenna Praise for Deborah Levy
Accomplished and uncanny. The strange, unpredictable journey is worth it. Alex Clark, Guardian
A major contemporary writer who never pulls her punches. Julia Pascal, Independent
Levys strength is her originality of thought and expression. Jeanette Winterson
She writes like a hyper-kinetic angel. Sunday Times
Angry and uninhibited, Levy's prose throbs its way into the imagination. Observer
