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‘One of the funniest books I’ve ever read.’ —The Times

FRANCIS PLUG is a troubled and often drunk misfit who causes chaos and confusion wherever he goes. And where he most likes to go is to real author events, collecting signatures from the likes of Salman Rushdie, Hilary Mantel, and Eleanor Catton, all the while gleaning advice for a self-help book he is writing with the novice writer in mind. 

His timely manual promises to be full of sage wisdom and useful titbits to help ease freshly published novelists into the demands of life in the public eye. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in the literary world - or in fact, humanity in general. Because while it is a brilliant slapstick comedy, blurring fact, fiction, and absurdity to astonishing effect, How To Be A Public Author by Francis Plug is also a surprising and touching meditation on loneliness and finding a place in the world. Francis, it seems, just doesn’t fit in. And as you read, you may wonder if he’ll even made it to the end of his own book. 

‘A brilliant, deranged new comic creation... the funniest novel I’ve read in years.’ —The Sunday Times

‘Wonderful... priceless... surely a parable for our times.’ —The Guardian

‘So funny you find yourself giggling helplessly long after you’ve passed the joke... Pure - and purely pleasurable - silliness.’ —The TLS

‘For those with a taste for dark, unpredictable and sometimes surreal comedy, this is a book of invigorating originality and the character of Francis Plug himself a creation of twisted genius.’ —Sunday Express

‘It is becoming a cliche to say “Paul Ewen is a comic genius and Francis Plug: How To Be A Public Author is the funniest book in years” - but it’s no less true.’ —New Statesman

‘Brilliantly sends up the whole [literary] circus.’ —Open Book, BBC Radio 4

‘I howled with laughter.’ —Town and Country

‘Affable and acute... as sharp as a good gin and tonic.’ —The Listener (New Zealand)

‘A modern comic masterpiece.’ —Ben Myers