Farzaneh and the Moon by Matt Wilven

Farzaneh and the Moon by Matt Wilven

They fall for each other and begin an intense and passionate relationship. However, Farzaneh starts to isolate herself, becoming obsessed and embroiled in her mysterious connection with the moon.

N is forced to reappraise everything he knows, searching for meaning and identity while he violently collides with the limits of intimacy and love.

'Matt Wilven's Farzaneh and the Mooncaptures all the frantic rhythms and passions of student life in its lively narrative, and adds a dark twistwith its inflection of the obsessional and mystical' Professor Philip Tew

Matt Wilven was born in Blackpool in 1982. After receiving an MA with Distinction in Creative Writing, he spent the next ten years honing his craft. His part-time jobs in this time included: bingo caller, ice-cream man, fishmonger, paintball operative, camel derby caller, soap seller, copywriter, rollercoaster operator, warehouse packer, old people feeder and DJ workshop coordinator. Fresh from burying a library of juvenilia beneath his ex-landlord's patio, he has emerged as a debut novelist with a distinct, accessible voice and an eye as keen for reality as it is the surreal.

He lives and writes in London.

Visit Matt at mattwilven.com or follow him on Twitter @mattwilven