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Big Swiss

'Incredible book. . . I couldn't put it down.' Jodie Comer

by Jen Beagin

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Length 11 hours 15 minutes

Language English

Narrators Carlotta Brentan, Joy Osmanski, Matt Pittenger, Rebecca Lowman & Stephen Graybill

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“A woman transcribes for a sex therapist in this dark comedy set in a town full of off-beat characters and flawed humans, all processing trauma, falling into messy love and showing tenderness to one another. It's hilarious, dark, sweet, sad... and sexy! ”
— Meg • Bookish

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“Big Swiss is equal parts a love story and perverse tale of obsession. Beagin tackles serious themes like abuse through a uniquely comedic lens; it's not often that I find myself laughing out loud to something I'm reading, but Big Swiss made me laugh multiple times. An absurd portrayal of queerness and bizarre displays of human behavior that are as honest and touching as they are concerning and weird; Jen Beagin writes in a realm of her own. ”
— Chloe • Vroman's Bookstore

Summary
About the author

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'Made me laugh and think too much (the right amount?) about sex and death and honesty.' MONICA HEISEY
'Utterly addictive. . . I laughed so hard it ached.' GILLIAN ANDERSON
'Juicy, salacious and compelling. Trauma shouldn't be this fun.' SARA PASCOE
Greta liked knowing people's secrets. That wasn't a problem. Until she met Big Swiss.

Big Swiss. That's Greta's nickname for her - she is tall, and she is from Switzerland. Greta can see her now: dressed top to toe in white, that adorable gap between her two front teeth, her penetrating blue eyes. She's a head-turner: including the heads of infants and dogs.

Well that's how Greta imagines seeing her; they haven't actually ever met in person. Nor has Greta actually ever been to Switzerland.

Greta and Big Swiss are not in the same room, or even the same building. Greta is miles away, sitting at a desk in her own house, wearing only headphones, fingerless gloves, a kimono, and legwarmers, transcribing this disembodied voice.

What Greta doesn't know is that she's about to bump into Big Swiss in the local dog park. A new - and not entirely honest - relationship is going to be born.

A relationship that will transform both of their lives. . .
Readers are obsessed with Big Swiss:

'This thing is a riot. I laughed out loud regularly. I've never read anything quite like it.'

'This book is f u n n y'

'The premise is bizarre but brilliant! I am ready to move to Hudson, NY to meet these folks!'

' I haven't read a book this engrossing for a long time.'

'The blend of real and wit made for a wonderfully sublime experience.'

Fiction

Big Swiss is Jen's third novel. Pretend I'm Dead (winner of the prestigious Whiting Award) and Vacuum in the Dark (shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize) were published by Scribner US and Oneworld in the UK to wide critical acclaim. Jen Beagin holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine. She lives in New York.