GRQ

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'Very rarely have I come across a book as riveting and thoroughly engaging as Steven Bernstein's GRQ. The characters are so vivid and compelling that it wouldn't surprise me at all if I were to encounter them in real life. An absolute must-read.' - Gale Anne Hurd, Executive Producer of FEAR THE WALKING DEAD; ALIENS '*This little book of wisdom is an iChing for the mid 2020s. Marlon is the infernal dumbass in his schemes to Get Rich Quick, to the despair of his darling Viola. The problem is that there's a Marlon in all of us. Well, most of us. Not me, obviously.

A brilliant evisceration of debt and delusion.*' - JP Maxwell, author and award-winning filmmaker 'For me, it feels like it fits right in with where we are as the human race in the 2020's. In the main, a capitalist world where all that matters is making money, profits and people don't matter, as long as more and more money can be made. It's a tale of ambition, greed and aspiration, with an undertone of desperation and intemperance. I read this in one sitting.' @fatguyreading "The storyline zipped along at pace: funny, worrying and the characters definitely got under my skin. Would make a good movie. Happy to recommend this very quirky read" - Fiona Sharp, Waterstones Durham 'Author Steven Bernstein builds this sneaky domestic thriller with addictive, vignette-like chapters narrated by voices that alternate between self-justification and raw emotion. Marlon himself offers absurd rationalisations for his lies while trying desperately to mask his own shame. Passages describing Viola's actions, meanwhile, sharpen the emotional core of the novel, showing how grief distorts truth as much as deception does.

Bernstein's strength lies in how he seamlessly layers humor, suspense and sorrow. On one page, we're laughing at Marlon's ridiculous schemes and evasions. On the next, the ground shakes - literally, as Los Angeles is rocked by earthquakes, and figuratively, as the family fractures under pressure.'



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