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Explosive black comedy for fans of Michael Chabon, Mark Haddon, and George Saunders

Yorkshire, 22nd Century AD. A hard-won peace reigns in Baytown. Michael Pilgrim, the Protector of the North, struggles to bring progress to his community. But clouds of war gather. Rumours travel north: There is trouble in paradise. A new plague threatens the immortal Overlords, the "Beautifuls" of the Five Cities. Those who arrogantly believed themselves above nature are now suffering a grotesque reversal. Now it is they who face the question: Who would you sacrifice to live forever? Can Michael Pilgrim and his friends seize this one slim chance to rid humanity of the monstrous Five Cities? Everything depends on impossible odds-and on a tiny pearl of power.Pilgrim City concludes the Pilgrim Trilogy, a richly poetic voyage through a frightening and plausible future. "A poignant vision of the best and worst of human nature, where hope never dies."Praise for Tim Murgatroyd's Pilgrim Trilogy'Peopled with characters who have the mad and detailed oddness of the gargoyles that peer down from York Minster. It is Mad Max meets John Bunyan meets The Handmaid's Tale' -The York Press'Vividly drawn' -Publishers Weekly'Uniquely captivating...compelling... pages turn fast in this adventurous dystopian novel' -Foreword Reviews'Outlandishly and pleasurably inventive' -Abi Curtis, author of Water & Glass

Orestis refuses to accept his lot in life. He wants a better job, a toned body, a brighter future. When he lands a job at 5-star hotel, Orestis feels he is finally on his way. That is, until he meets a high-end gigolo who draws him onto a different path.

Twenty-two-year-old Oscar is a lost cause. He roams central London, looking for love and distraction. But this isn't quite Bright Lights, Big City: Oscar is gay but feels disconnected from London's gay scene. He is naive and rootless, an emotionally stunted young man who lives in upscale Kensington with his foster mother, novelist Charlotte Fontaine.But all of this changes when Oscar meets Tim, Charlotte's thirty-something literary agent with whom he becomes hopelessly infatuated. While he struggles to understand Tim's politics and his rejection of religion, Oscar's developing friendship with Tim affects a profound change, making him want to understand the world and his place in it.Disbanded Kingdom is a brilliantly written 21st Century coming-of-age story, set against the emotive backdrop of the United Kingdom's breakaway from the European Union and its threatened rupture with Scotland.