A deeply funny and shrewdly observed debut novel about being lost in the very place you know by heart。
Bennett Driscoll is a Turner Prize-nominated artist who was once a rising star。 Now, at age fifty-five, his wife has left him, he hasn't sold a painting in two years, and his gallery wants to stop selling his work, claiming they'll have more value retrospectively。。。when he's dead。 So, left with a large West London home and no income, he's forced to move into his artist's studio in the back garden and list his house on the popular vacation rental site, AirBed。
A stranger now in his own home, with his daughter, Mia, off at art school, and any new relationships fizzling out at best, Bennett struggles to find purpose in his day-to-day。 That all changes when three different guestslonely American Alicia; tortured artist Emma; and cautiously optimistic divorcée Kirstieunwittingly unlock the pieces of himself that have been lost to him for too long。
Warm, witty, and utterly humane, Super Host offers a captivating portrait of middle age, relationships, and what it truly means to take a new chance at life。