Berg
Ann Quin
And Other Stories Publishing
<p>'A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father. . . '</p><p>So begins Ann Quin's first novel, a debut 'so staggeringly superior to most you'll never forget it' (<i>The Guardian</i>). Alistair Berg, hair restorer, shares a mistress with his father. He will, he decides, eliminate his rival. After mutilating a ventriloquist's dummy, he finds himself accidentally seduced by the man he needs to kill. Mordant, heady, dark, <i>Berg</i> is Quin's masterpiece, a classic of post-war avant-garde British writing.</p>