Exciting and fluent second novel... breathtaking in its pursuit of a game-playing relationship, and shocking in its suggestion of a moral vacuum that pulls in the major players INDEPENDENT Monaghan's second novel fizzes along with some verve, capturing the empty heart of the greed-is-good generation SCOTSMAN ON SUNDAY Chick-lit on acid... alternately fascinating, compelling, and uncomfortable to watch as a reader. If you like your novels fairly dark without wanting to give yourself a headache, then I suggest Starfishing as the perfect aspirational read between tube stops on your way to the next club OTHER STORIES