Weeping Women Hotel

''A funny, frightening book that is also refreshingly bonkers'' Guardian

''A brilliant writer...a great novelist'' Richard and Judy

Northern girl Harriet lives and works on a London estate which is a battleground between the white working class plus the immigrants versus the newly arrived middle class focaccia-eaters.

Unhappy and overweight, she hires a personal trainer who lures her into joining the martial arts class he runs. There she learns the regime of the completely phoney martial arts master and embarks on a spiritual and literal journey which leads her to a hotel opposite the railway station at Crewe, the Weeping Women Hotel.

''If you like your weirdness with warmth and wit, Sayle''s your man'' Metro