Sponsored by Things are Against Us by Lucy Ellmann (Biblioasis)
Things Are Against Us is a rollicking new collection of satirical essays from Lucy Ellmann, the author of the Goldsmiths Prize-winning and Booker-shortlisted blockbuster Ducks, Newburyport. These satirical essays jauntily tackle the obstinacy, incorrigibility, and recalcitrance of things. They also cover the first suggestion the internet offers when you look up the word ‘women’ (spoiler: it’s shoes) and other annoyances of male supremacy, the nobility of buttons, and what the rejection of tourists by Jordanian donkeys should mean for global travel.