We're in Trouble

A young boy is driven through the night across the heartlands of America in the hands of a man who may or may not be his father. A musician suddenly finds himself the legal guardian of his best friend's three-year-old son. A law-enforcement officer recalls the murder, many years before, of a married woman with whom he was having an affair. A woman in Europe waits for news of her husband's latest death-defying mountain climb ... Shocking, sophisticated, utterly compelling and unforgettable, We're In Trouble shows ordinary people struggling to cope with what life throws at them. We see love being tested by death, and innocence and experience colliding in moments of revelation. And throughout this exceptional debut, we are made to feel the truth of his characters' lives as Coake transforms them into cathartic art.


Genre: Literary Fiction

"Sometimes, when you're reading these stories, you forget to breathe." - Nick Hornby

"I've read more than a thousand stories a year for the past eight years and nothing, nothing, has surpassed the work of Mr. Coake. You will be stunned, you will have tears in your eyes, and you will remember these stories for the rest of your life." - Otto Penzler