With special signed bookplate designed by the author
 
The Dice Was Loaded from the Start - Hardcover – by David Annand 
 
For decades, Pemberton Place in North London has been a Boomer stronghold. But one summer's day eight Millennials move into an empty house with political mischief in mind. Trapped on this new frontline of the housing crisis, the street's sole Gen Xer must pick a side.
 
'Tremendous. An actually funny comic novel as propulsive as any thriller. With savage wit, integrity and tenderness, Annand exposes the complacent nostalgia of a sandwich generation, offering both an elegy and, most impressively, a hope for change. The Dice Was Loaded from the Start is the most fun I've had all year' - MATT GREENE, author of The Definitions

'David Annand's brilliant comedy of manners is a Howards End for contemporary London... Funny, truthful and bracing' -  NEIL STEWART, author of Test Kitchen

'The Dice Was Loaded from the Start is a sharp, witty and seductive read. Its grudges, passions, and aspirations simmer away, much like the tense inter-generational battleground at its centre. Young and old should read it and remind themselves that life is far too short to fall out, or flirt, with the neighbours' - JUSTIN MYERS, author of The Glorious Dead

'An absorbing drama... The Dice Was Loaded is narrower in focus than [Annand's] impressive debut, Peterdown, but like that novel explores the tensions that liberal economic policies have exacerbated... The five-word pitch: for fans of Jonathan Coe. Another fine writer of novels driven by social themes is very welcome -- Nicholas Clee ― Bookbrunch