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Spirit Level

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What to expect

'It's touching, intriguing and GAS! About friendship and anxiety and ghosts and being a man. I enjoyed it very much' - Marian Keyes

'Spirit Level is an outrageously bingeable read. It is surprising, warm, inventive and a lot of fun' - Louise Nealon

'Craven pulled me in with his brilliant humour, only to make me feel genuine emotion. I'll never forgive him for this' - Seán Burke

Danny Hook is a directionless twenty-something year old fresh out of therapy. Dealing with his disappointed family and dead-end career, he's sure things couldn't get much worse, until a drink-driving accident leaves his best friend Nudge dead.
Danny also discovers he can see ghosts - but only when he's drunk. Saddled with a best friend who can't leave his side, they must figure out what's going on and why Nudge can't cross over. Can Danny negotiate family life, therapy and a ghost that refuses to fade into the background before time runs out?

'Spirit Level is a charming, zippy and hilarious read. Richy Craven is one of the best new writers going. Pick up this book or I'll haunt ya!' - Alison Spittle

Critics Review

  • ‘Richy Craven has crafted an engaging story about the horrible, painful, wonderful business of living – and how refreshing to find a book that’s so funny and utterly relatable while navigating some very serious topics. The writing sparkles with wit from line to line, with every page hiding either a belly laugh or a sudden sharp observation of human nature – and often both. A stylish debut – can’t wait for more’

    author of Grave Expectations

  • ‘An excellent black comedy about male friendship. If you want to laugh in the face of death – and do so regularly – this is the book for you’

    author of Duffy and Son

  • ‘Spirit level is a charming, zippy and hilarious read. Richy Craven is one of the best new writers going. Pick up this book or I’ll haunt ya!’

    Alison Spittle

  • ‘Spirit Level is an outrageously bingeable read. It is surprising, warm, inventive and a lot of fun’

    Louise Nealon

  • ‘Craven pulled me in with his brilliant humour, only to make me feel genuine emotion. I’ll never forgive him for this’

    Seán Burke

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