The Inverts: Hilarious LGBTQ debut fiction for fans of Kate Davies and Jeanette Winterson

Crystal Jeans has had two previous novels published by Welsh women's independent Honno Press. Her first, The Vegetarian Tigers of Paradise, was shortlisted for the Polari Prize and is currently in development for film. The second, Light Switches are my Kryptonite, won Wales Book of the Year in the English language. Crystal lives in Pontypridd with her young daughter and partner.

Title: The Inverts: Hilarious LGBTQ debut fiction for fans of Kate Davies and Jeanette Winterson

Author: Jeans, Crystal

ISBN: 9780008365875

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Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date: 2021-04-01

Number of Pages: 384

Weight: 0.5702 kg

'A glorious celebration of queer friendship and all kinds of love. Funny, outrageous, heartbreaking and so much fun' Kate Davies, winner of the Polari Prize 2020

'Hilarious, fresh and sexy, with a tale that takes the reader from Egypt to Hollywood' Irish Independent

'Very funny and touching and quite filthy' Louisa Young, author of My Dear I Wanted To Tell You

'I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a book so much. The Inverts is funny, filthy and phenomenally good - an exhilarating, extraordinary book, packed with dazzling dialogue, stiletto-sharp wit and a glorious serving of filth. It's like Sarah Waters and Alan Hollinghurst go to a party in Downton Abbey - and things get gloriously, hilariously, out of hand' Matt Cain

'Filthy and hilarious, this is a gloriously naughty romp of a read that also has something serious to say about queer love. I didn't want it to end' S.J. Watson

'Perfect for fans of Tipping the Velvet and Gentleman Jack... a delicious and diligent piece of fiction that will provide you with enough great comebacks to last a lifetime... This is a delightful book I wish to fling at my friends with affectionate abandon' DIVA

'Bettina and Bart are not just larger-than-life - they are alive. By turns raucous and poignant, hilarious and shattering this is a wonder of a story. A lifelong friendship, warts-and-all, where the sparkling moments and the sad are told in a voice as irresistible as the pair themselves. I LOVED it' Jess Kidd

'This delicious romp is the sort of thing Nancy Mitford might have written if she'd been gay... wonderfully blithe, witty and moving' Rowan Pelling, DAILY MAIL

'An absolute *blinder* ... so so funny and sexy. So excited now to read everything by Crystal Jeans' Caroline O'Donoghue, author of Scenes of a Graphic Nature