This is a coming of age story. There's unrequited love, lust (lots of it), bad romantic poetry, too many essays, and plenty of crisps. But the seventeen-year-old boy in this story has something extra to contend with. His older brother has learning difficulties and is languishing in a care home. Listening to his heart rather than his head, the boy knows he must get his brother, nicknamed Simple, out. But as their father is entirely preoccupied with his new wife, it's up to the boy to liberate Simple, and that means finding somewhere for them to live in the city. Despite being under age, the boy manages to get them rooms in a flat with four university students. This book is about what happens in that flat.

It's about how the housemates react to Simple, how he changes the dynamic between the housemates, and ultimately changes their lives. It reflects some uncomfortable truths about how we view ourselves, how we judge others, and the choices we then make. It's almost entirely dialogue and is a very funny, thought-provoking and clever piece of writing. Already translated into ten languages; in France it has won the Prix SNCF du Livre de Jeunesse and was dramatised for French television; in Germany it won the prestigious Deutscher Jugenliteraur Preis; and it was awarded the youth prize at the Rome Literary Festival.