Sky Daddy

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Linda makes $20 an hour as a content moderator, flagging comments that violate a tech conglomerate’s terms and conditions. Each night, she returns to the windowless room in a garage that she rents from a family who pretend she isn’t there. But once a month, she escapes to San Francisco International Airport for a clandestine meeting on the cheapest flight out that night. Linda’s secret is that she’s sexually attracted to planes: their intelligent windscreens, sleek fuselages and powerful engines make her feel a way that no human lover ever could. Linda believes her destiny is to someday ‘marry’ one of her suitors by dying in a plane crash, a catastrophic event that would unite her with her soulmate plane for eternity.

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‘A full-throttle thrill: strap in!’
Daily Mail

A CLASSIC STORY OF GIRL MEETS PLANE.

A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN TIME, VOX, OPRAH DAILY, VULTURE, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, ELECTRIC LIT, DEBUTIFUL, BOOK RIOT, PEN AMERICA, AND THE SKINNY

‘Batty and brilliant’
THE TIMES

‘Surprisingly tender. Deliciously weird’
RACHEL YODER, author of NIGHTBITCH

‘Wonderfully weird and worryingly convincing’
CHARLOTTE MENDELSON, author of THE EXHIBITIONIST

A little bit JG Ballard, a little bit Ottessa Moshfegh’
DAILY MAIL

Linda tries her best to lead a normal life. But once a month she escapes to the airport to secretly indulge in her true passion: Linda is sexually attracted to planes, and believes it is her destiny to someday marry one by dying in a fiery crash.

When the opportunity arises to hasten her romantic fate, Linda must choose between the trappings of an ordinary life and succumbing to her deepest desires.

‘A dog whistle for the true freaks – never have I felt so seen! I loved it’
RITA BULLWINKEL, author of the Booker Prize-longlisted HEADSHOT

Fasten your seatbelts, and get ready for this year’s wildest ride


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‘I hate how much I love this book’
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‘Weird and different and clever and beautiful and moving and funny and I honestly can’t recommend it enough’
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‘It rearranged my brain a little bit’
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‘The most surprising read of the year so far . . . embrace the weirdness’
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‘Weird, but in amazing ways’
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Additional information

Weight 0.256 kg
Dimensions 19.6 × 12.8 × 2.8 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

368

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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