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Will Wiles: Care Of Wooden Floors (Harper Press)

Living in another person's home and being subject to their way of living is never easy.

When the anonymous narrator of Will Wiles's debut novel is asked to house-sit for Oskar, his university friend, he seizes the opportunity. Tired of writing leaflets for local authorities, he wants to use the quiet time in an Eastern European city to work on a novel. With no distractions, save Oskar's two cats, he can finally get started.