*SUNDAY TIMESSCIENCE FICTION NOVEL OF THE YEAR*'A novel that delights, dazzles and moves in equal measure' **Financial Times **'Brutally satirical and grimly hilarious'** Daily MailThe venomous lumpsucker is the most intelligent fish on the planet. Or maybe itwasthe most intelligent fish on the planet. Because it might have just gone extinct. Nobody knows. And nobody really cares, either. Except for two people.Mining executive Mark Halyard has a prison cell waiting for him if that fish is gone for good, and biologist Karin Resaint needs it for her own darker purposes. They don't trust each other an inch, but they're left with no choice but to team up in search of the lumpsucker. And as they journey across the strange landscapes of near-future Europe - a nature reserve full of toxic waste; a floating city on the Baltic Sea; the lethal hinterlands of a totalitarian state - they're drawn into a conspiracy far bigger than one ugly little fish.'A laugh-out-loud novel about mass extinction (yes, really)'Sunday Times'Confirms his reputation as one of the foremost satirists of his generation'The TimesReviewPraise forVenomous LumpsuckerWinner of the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke AwardA Last Word with Matt Cooper Best Book of 2022“Venomous Lumpsuckerhas a utopian future of sorts, but we hardly notice it. In this novel by Ned Beauman, the human species is on trial; the prosecution is at once clinically precise and distractingly funny . . .”—The New York Times“A madcap adventure story set in a dystopian world ravaged by climate change.”—Variety“Beauman is a lively writer with a knack for sharp descriptive language . . . But it’s passing observations that futurists will really enjoy, like drugs to kill one’s pleasure in food, or facial recognition software for tracking the spread of a cattle plague . . . it’s these little things that makeVenomous Lumpsuckera special pleasure.”—The Toronto Star“Beaumann’s dark comedic writing tears apart the carbon offset industry,