Picador
A Times Best Novel of the Year'Taranto's hilarious, provocative debut novel . . . switches seamlessly between psychological realism and diabolical farce . . . The novel's peculiar genius lies in how you're never entirely sure where Taranto's sympathies lie.' - The Times/The Sunday Times, 'Books of the Year''Sometimes you read something new and immediately think how brilliant it would be for a book club. How I Won a Nobel Prize by Julius Taranto has all the hallmarks of a book that will set sparks flying . . . Appreciate the accumulating tension of the psychological drama, and laugh out loud at the one-liners.' - VogueJulius Taranto's wickedly satirical and refreshingly irreverent debut novel, a young physicist follows her mentor to an island research institute that gives safe harbour to 'cancelled' artists and scientists.Helen, a graduate student on a quest to save the planet, is one of the best minds of her generation. But when her irreplaceable advisor's student sex scandal is...