It all starts in the classroom with a giant fart but sixteen year old Connor’s life then leads to somewhere far more sinister when he finds himself in the Corridor of Uncertainty, waiting for Sentence after having been run over by an ice cream van. Suddenly, all Connor’s past misdemeanours are held up against him and he’s off to ‘a place of torment’. But Hell is not at all as Connor has expected which makes him realise that if this isn’t his Hell, then there might be someone in Heaven who is willing to swap. Connor’s adventures in other worlds is an unrestrained fantasy which questions expectations. Contains some strong language that readers may find offensive (15+)
Anthony McGowan is the Carnegie Medal 2020 winning author of Lark. Sent to Hell for typical teenage misdemeanours, Conor is surprised to find that it's not all pitchforks and leaping flames. But an eternity in a fusty cave full of philosophy books and obscure classical music is actually worse. Then Conor realizes that his personal version of Hell might be someone else's idea of Heaven - and vice versa. He sets out on a filthy, funny and forbidden journey to search for his opposite number, accompanied by his repulsive pet dog, a depressed cross-dressing Viking and a stumpy devil called Clarence. What he sees is disgusting and what he discovers is shocking, but oddly enough Conor learns a hell of a lot about life - now that he's dead!
