Audition Ian Serraillier is attempting to flee his

is attempting to flee his imperious mother and the violence of his warring clan

In glimpses of the day-to-day

for spending recklessly on lavish parties and for ignoring the Muslim majority

if not the Arab world

and has left us with a set of preconceptions ill-adapted to the realities of our own richer age

Audition Ian Serraillier is attempting to flee hisShortlisted for the Booker Prize. In this compulsively readable, brilliantly constructed novel, two competing narratives unspool, rewriting our understanding of the roles we play every day partner, parent, creator, muse and the truths every performance masks, especially from those who think they know us most intimately.