Canongate Books to Release IN REAL LIFE by Chris Killen

For a while, Ian, Lauren and Paul shared the same friends, the same university, the same dreams and the same potential. Ten years on they are worlds apart. Call centres, charity shops and bedrooms that smell like cabbage were never part of the plan. The real world doesn't look quite like any of them imagined. But when Lauren, in a moment of nostalgia, cracks open a long-forgotten Hotmail account, she comes face to face with the people these three friends used to be...

For two of them it will mean a new beginning to an old love story.

Hilarious and heart-breaking, In Real Life paints a searingly honest portrait of a generation and captures a world where human connection is easier than ever before but where relationships remain just as tricky.

• A zeitgeist love story, In Real Life is by turns hilarious, touching, surreal and profound
• Sits next to Jonathan Coe, Douglas Coupland and Adam Thirlwell as a writer who will define his generation
• The Bird Room, Chris's debut novel, gathered praise from Toby Litt, M J Hyland, Matt Haig, Ewan Morrison, Richard Milward and Steven Hall
• Chris is involved in various projects with writers, radio and TV producers, and is currently working with Film 4.

Chris Killen was born in 1981. He has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Manchester and his debut novel, The Bird Room was published by Canongate in 2009. Wizard's Way, a film he co-wrote, produced and starred in won the Best Comedy Feature award at London Independent Film Festival, and the Discovery Award at LOCO. Remake rights have been acquired by Jack Black. He currently lives in Manchester.

Publication Date: 15th January 2015

Trade paperback £12.99

Ebook £12.99

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