Novelty: The Worst Man in the World Wants a Word with You

"Darkly funny and brilliantly unhinged" — Kirkus Reviews

"A chaotic black comedy about a man with a messiah complex." — Kirkus Reviews

If Fight Club, Money, and The Motorcycle Diaries had a three-way, Novelty would be their web-toed, mutant lovechild.

Finn Balor is a depraved billionaire and polymath with a vendetta against fate and an insatiable appetite for hedonism. Obsessed with the idea that free will is a fallacy, he invents the Oracle—a quantum device capable of reshaping reality.

Determined to break the chains of causality, Finn founds Q-Path, a radical underground sect, and unleashes his fanatical acolytes upon an unsuspecting world. But as Q-Path spreads chaos, Finn is forced to confront an unsettling question: is he humanity’s saviour or its saboteur? And is Finn Balor really who he claims to be?

Praise for Novelty:

"Darkly funny and brilliantly unhinged"

—Kirkus Reviews

"Dermot effectively plunges readers into the chaotic and likely unbalanced mind of his protagonist."

—Kirkus Reviews

"Expect the unexpected might be a cliché, but it fits this deeply original novel nicely."

— Independent Book Review

"Akin to The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin... Liberate humanity from the fate of determinism with this reality-shaking book"

— Independent Book Review

Voiced by Stephen Dalton

Stephen Dalton is a highly sought after male voiceover artist. He is also a classically trained actor who obtained a degree in acting from the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2011.



© 2025 Durden Press (Audiobook): 9781763867505

Release date

Audiobook: 16 February 2025