All God's Creatures

An ingenious, fast-moving satire that captures the barking-mad spirit of our age

By: Anthony Gardner

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Hardcover | 6 November 2025 | Edition Number 1

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256 Pages

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Religious zealots, art fraudsters and Russian spies ?'Hilarious, joyous and astute' - Nicholas Coleridge Mild-mannered editor Ben Fairweather is horrified when his genteel religious magazine is taken over by a fanatical movement which holds that animals are closer than humans to God and should receive Holy Communion. Amid a national religious revival, this belief becomes mainstream and Ben is cancelled as a petphobic bigot.

He finds a new job as a pianist in a nightclub. There he meets Anita Scott, a journalist bent on exposing the Russian oligarch Oleg Ogorodnikov - newly elevated to the House of Lords - whom she accuses of cultural vandalism.

The scheming Ogorodnikov is actually involved in something far more sinister: a plot to take over London's financial system. Little realising that his fingerprints are all over the theological unrest too, Ben and Anita are drawn into a world of spies, art forgery, AI and murder, with their own lives on the line.

Anthony Gardner's ingenious caper combines madcap excitement with a deftly satirical portrayal of the crazy beliefs, chaos-spreading Russians and rise of the robots which seem to define our age.

Industry Reviews

'This might be the wittiest book I've read in five years - hilarious, joyous and astute. Not a dud word from beginning to end. Highly recommended' Nicholas Coleridge Diriye Osman, author of Fairytales for Lost Children 'An exceptional coming-of-age story that manages to be both a joyous love letter to a time in our lives when everything seems possible and a damning expose of those who seek to prey on us while we are learning who we are. I'm Fine is so charming and engaging and funny and sad and real that it's hard to believe this is Richard Hall's debut' Bethany Clift, author of Last One at the Party 'Many gay men reading Richard Hall's brave, compelling, troubling and at times traumatic coming-of-age memoir will experience shivers down their spines as they recognise aspects of themselves, their lives and their behaviours. I'm Fine should be read by all gay men for its adamantine honesty and for the unflinching and often uncomfortable light it shines on masculinity, gay identity, sexuality and power. This is an important book' Neil McKenna, author of Fanny & Stella 'Touching, honest, at times disturbing, but ultimately hopeful and heartening' John R. Gordon, author of Drapetomania

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