Self-Esteem and the End of the World

Luke Healy

Paperback (14 May 2024)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Life is not a race. There are no winners and losers. Immeasurable people are doing better than you...immeasurably worse. You are statistically average.

For over ten years, fictional Luke Healy has invested all of his self-esteem into his career. But two years post publication of his latest book, and suffering the blow of his twin-brother not finding him fit to act as best man, both Luke's career and self-esteem seem to have disintegrated.

Set against the backdrop of a dangerously changing global climate, with melting ice-caps and flooding cities, Self-Esteem and the End of the World spans two decades of tragicomic self-discovery. From discussing self-help books like Marie Kondo's with the guy you invited over for sex, to summiting a Greek mountaintop while pretending to be working remotely, and a workplace destination murder mystery to a Hollywood revival of Luke's early work, we see our protagonist grappling with his identity as the world crumbles.

Quietly funny, smartly introspective, and grounded in deeply-felt familial highs and lows, Self-Esteem and the End of the World ponders what happens when the person you are isn't who you need to be, who you are when nobody's watching, and ultimately, who can you possibly be at the end of the world?

ISBN:	9781770467149
Publisher:	Drawn & Quarterly
Imprint:	Drawn & Quarterly
Pub date:	14 May 2024
DEWEY:	741.59415
Language:	English
Number of pages:	324
Weight:	522g
Height:	202mm
Width:	148mm
Spine width:	22mm