Self-Esteem and the End of the World Signing With Luke Healy

Luke Healy is back with his latest book, Self-Esteem at the End of the World and Gosh! is pleased to announce a signing! Here at the shop on Wednesday 28th August 2024, from 6-7pm. Here’s what publishers Faber and Faber have to say about the book:

Life is not a race. There are no winners and losers. Immeasurable people are doing better than you…immeasurably worse. You are statistically average.

For over ten years, fictional Luke Healy has invested all of his self-esteem into his career. But two years post publication of his latest book, and suffering the blow of his twin-brother not finding him fit to act as best man, both Luke’s career and self-esteem seem to have disintegrated.

Set against the backdrop of a dangerously changing global climate, with melting ice-caps and flooding cities, Self-Esteem and the End of the World spans two decades of tragicomic self-discovery. From discussing self-help books like Marie Kondo’s with the guy you invited over for sex, to summiting a Greek mountaintop while pretending to be working remotely, and a workplace destination murder mystery to a Hollywood revival of Luke’s early work, we see our protagonist grappling with his identity as the world crumbles.

Quietly funny, smartly introspective, and grounded in deeply-felt familial highs and lows, Self-Esteem and the End of the World ponders what happens when the person you are isn’t who you need to be, who you are when nobody’s watching, and ultimately, who can you possibly be at the end of the world?

If you're unable to make the event, then don't worry. You can still pick up a signed bookplate edition of Self Esteem at the End of the World exclusive to Gosh! by clicking the link here.

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