Sky Daddy

'Truly original . . . deeply weird, deeply funny and deeply felt' DAILY TELEGRAPH A CLASSIC STORY OF GIRL MEETS PLANE. A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN TIME, VOX, AND VULTURE 'Batty and brilliant' THE TIMES 'Surprisingly tender. Deliciously weird' RACHEL YODER, author of NIGHTBITCH 'Wonderfully weird and worryingly convincing' CHARLOTTE MENDELSON, author of THE EXHIBITIONIST 'A little bit JG Ballard, a little bit Ottessa Moshfegh' DAILY MAIL Linda makes $20 an hour as a content moderator, flagging comments that violate a tech conglomerate's terms and conditions. Each night, she returns to the windowless room in a garage that she rents from a family who pretend she isn't there. But once a month, she escapes to San Francisco International Airport for a clandestine meeting on the cheapest flight out that night. Linda's secret is that she's sexually attracted to planes: their intelligent windscreens, sleek fuselages and powerful engines make her feel a way that no human lover ever could. Linda