NED BEAUMAN HAS BEEN NAMED AS ONE OF GRANTA MAGAZINE’S BEST OF YOUNGBRITISH NOVELISTS 2013LONGLISTED FOR THE 2012 MAN BOOKER PRIZEAN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARAN EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEARThe fantastically inventive, ingenious & hilarious second novel from Ned Beauman, author of the acclaimed & prizewinningBOXER, BEETLE.HISTORY HAPPENED WHILE YOU WERE HUNGOVERWhen you haven’t had sex in a long time, it feels like the worst thingt hat could ever happen to anyone.If you’re living inGermanyin the1930s, it probably isn’t.But that’s no consolation toEgon Loeser, whose carnal misfortunes will push him from the experimental theatres of Berlin to the absinthe bars ofParisto the physics laboratories ofLos Angeles, trying all the while to solve two mysteries: whether it was really a deal with Satan that claimed the life of his hero, the greatRenaissancestage designerAdriano Lavicini; & why a handsome, clever, charming, modest guy like him can’t, just once in a while, get himself laid.From the author of the acclaimedBOXER, BEETLEcomesa historical novelthat doesn’t know what year it is;a noir novelthat turns all the lights on;a romance novelthat arrives drunk to dinner;a science fiction novelthat can’t remember what ‘isotope’ means; a stunningly inventive, exceptionally funny, dangerously unsteady & (largely) coherent novel about sex, violence, space, time, & how the best way to deal with history is to ignore it.LET’S HOPE THE PARTY WAS WORTH IT