The Household Spirit

The Household Spirit is a heartwarming story of loneliness and connection. – Lydia Winter * Financial Times *
Rarely have I been so captivated by a novel. Its compassion, wisdom, warmth. I loved it. – Nathan Filer, author of ‘The Shock of the Fall’
The Household Spirit is a gorgeous, lonely book… This is a wonderful book full of tiny, heartbreaking revelations and glimpses of touching humanity… Read and it be warm. – David Hebblethwaite * We Love This Book *
When I read Tod Wodicka’s novel, it was as if somewhere in its core there was a light that glowed out onto me. It was an extraordinary experience. An extraordinary book. – Douglas Coupland
The Household Spirit is a powerful and quietly compelling novel. Tod Wodicka reveals his characters unflinchingly, in all their strangeness, and never loses sight of their frailties and loves - until we know exactly who they are and love them too. Unique and surprising, The Household Spirit is beautifully told. – Sadie Jones
The Household Spirit is very special. There’s a pleasing familiarity to it but it’s also fresh, funny and unpredictable. – Roddy Doyle
An intimate study of two oddball characters, The Household Spirit is also a profound meditation upon existence, the demons that haunt our subconscious, and the fragile solace to be found in human relationships. Wodicka writes with a winningly idiosyncratic combination of brio and tenderness, and concludes his story sublimely. The Household Spirit is a book to hold dear. – Clare Wigfall, author of THE LOUDEST SOUND AND NOTHING
Wodicka’s fluid, expressive prose - dotted with quotable observations often as odd as his players - serves well his weaving of such a convincing, unexpected story from eccentricity, pain, and need. – Kirkus, starred review
An unpredictable and touching read. – Kate Pledger * Big Issue in the North *
Wodicka is known to be LOL funny. But when he does sad, it’s the best fiction around by miles, full of tender ache and tenderer beauty. – Shumon Basar * ArtForum *

Tod Wodicka was born in Glens Falls, New York in 1976. He was educated at Manchester University. He lives in Berlin.

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