The Mark and the Void: A Novel

by Paul Murray

Set in Dublin in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash, The Mark and the Void follows French émigré Claude Martingale through his daily life as an investment banker —quite literally, through the eyes of a fictional novelist called Paul. This follow-up to Paul Murray’s breakthrough book Skippy Dies is tricksier than its predecessor, explained Publishers Weekly, but shares the same “quick wit”. A “page-turner with smarts, an absurdist riff on our economic follies.”