We Spread

I loved this book and couldn't put it down--a deeply gripping, surreal and wonderfully mysterious novel. Not only has Reid given us a brilliant page turner, but a profoundly moving meditation on life and art, death and infinity. Reid is a master. -- Mona Awad, author of Bunny and All's Well We Spread is simply hypnotic. This novel works by a fine hat trick of genre-twisting subtlety, chilling suspense, and a bone-close two-fold portrait of aging in a world that devours everything. The book surprises, even betrays, and every second of its rich rewards is earned by Iain Reid's winning, wise restraint. Read it to be caught in this brilliantly inspired vision of art and life. I am glad I did. -Canisia Lubrin, Griffin Poetry Prize winning author of The Dyzgraphxst Iain Reid's We Spread is taut and frightening read, perhaps best called a thriller. But the true thrill is in how so slender a book tackles such big questions--What does it mean to make art? What happens as we near death?--with such grace. --Rumaan Alam, New York Times bestselling author of Leave The World Behind With this latest hypnotic transmission, Reid delves into the strange substructures of psychology, where individual minds blur and a more undifferentiated kind of life teems. With tenderness and mastery, he offers us great insights on the nature of aging and the vertiginous experience of being human. --Alexandra Kleeman, author of Something New Under the Sun In We Spread Iain Reid masterfully gets into the psyche of his characters and readers all at once. What a gift. --Alma Har'el, Director of Bombay Beach, Honey Boy, and Shadow Kingdom.