Berg

''A man called Berg, who changed his name to Greb, came to a seaside town intending to kill his father. . . ''So begins Ann Quin''s first novel, a debut ''so staggeringly superior to most you''ll never forget it'' (The Guardian). Alistair Berg, hair restorer, shares a mistress with his father. He will, he decides, eliminate his rival. After mutilating a ventriloquist''s dummy, he finds himself accidentally seduced by the man he needs to kill. Mordant, heady, dark, Berg is Quin''s masterpiece, a classic of post-war avant-garde British writing.