The uproarious new novel from the mind of the number one bestselling author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers and Lanny. Quiet on set, please. Enter Lynette: actor, director, force of nature.

Maybe you recognise her from that television drama that ran and ran? People often do. But she hasn't worked in a while. She hasn't been very well.

Today's her birthday. She's waking up, hungover, in a hotel room. Outside, a dreary English seaside town.

Grey skies, crazy golf. A row of blue Coastal Defence huts. The stage is set for her final performance.

Is it a farce, a tragedy, a revenge story - or just her life? Either way, the ghosts of the past must be met, the ills of the present slain. And Lynette will not go gentle into that good night.