The Sleepless

Citation

Bell L (2023) The Sleepless. Manchester: Fly on the Wall Press. https://www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page/the-sleepless-by-liam-bell

Abstract
What if I told you that sleep was just a habit? What if the third of your life you spend asleep, you could be awake instead? Grafton is a single dad who works in local radio, but he’s always dreamt of being a ‘real’ journalist. When he gets a whiff of a story – a Scottish commune whose residents believe that sleep is a social construct – he decides to investigate… something tells him ‘the Sleepless’ might finally provide answers about his wife, Liz, who abandoned him and their son Isaac for a similar cult in India.

Keywords
creative writing; novel; thriller; fiction

People

Dr Liam Bell

Senior Lecturer, English Studies