Andrew Battershill's new novel is a knockout!
Happy pub day to Pet, Pet, Slap by Andrew Battershill!
Boxer ‘Pillow Fist’ Pete Wilson should be preparing for his big comeback fight. But, having recently undergone an ethical awakening, the new vegan is busy trying to find humane new homes for his menagerie of exotic pets (including Jersey Joe the sloth and Rigoberto the shark). His roommate, Sherlock Holmes, who faked his own death by waterfall, is now Pillow’s in-house doping expert.
Pillow just can’t get motivated to train, and he’s further distracted from his push-ups when both his car and Rigoberto mysteriously disappear. Luckily, Sherlock is a master of deduction. What follows is part underdog sports story, part work of neozoological surrealism, and part existential mystery novel.
Book Launch: Pet, Pet, Slap
Andrew Battershill in conversation with Zsuzsi Gartner
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Central Library, 350 West Georgia St. Vancouver, BC
