THREE BURIALS

A THE TIMES BEST CRIME BOOK OF 2024 Extraordinary both a madcap crime caper and a savage state of the nation novel Anders Lustgarten writes like a man possessed bursting with energy The TimesAn electrifying wild ride of a debut novel from award winning playwright Anders LustgartenMeet Cherry a bandit queen on the run driving a pink soft top convertible through the badlands of South East England She s never felt more Thelma & Louise in her life except there are three of them in the car and one of them is dead How did a head nurse and mother of two end up driving a handcuffed policeman and the corpse of a murdered refugee on a journey to find justice Pursued by a racist roid raged shaven headed officer of the law not to mention by her husband and daughter what else can a woman with a conscience do in modern Britain Thrilling radical and darkly comedic Anders Lustgarten s open hearted storm of a book explores pressing political concerns with clear sightedness and holds a mirror up to contemporary Britain An irreverent tragicomic tour de force as absurd and as urgent as hope Lustgarten s novel is comedy as weapon and deep moral inquiry Guardian