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M. J. Hyland is the award winning and Man Booker shortlisted author of CarryMe Down Her third novel This Is How is a psychologically probing anddeeply moving account of a man at odds with the world. Patrick Oxtoby is aperpetual outsider longing to find his niche. When his fiance breaks off theirengagement Patrick leaves home and moves to a remote seaside village. In spiteof his hopes for a new and better life Patrick struggles to fit in or make theright impression. He cant shake the feeling that his new friends are conspiring against him further fracturing his already fragile personality andprompting him to take a course of action that permanently alters the course ofhis life. This Is How is a mesmerizing and meticulously drawn portrait of aman whose unease in the world as it is leads to his tragic undoing. Withbreathtaking wisdom and astute insight into the human mind Hylands latest isa masterpiece that arouses horror and sympathy in equal measure. «
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