I am entirely made of wood
Emily Berry: Ben Pester’s Surreal Scrutiny, 25 September 2025
“... The Expansion Project is Ben Pester’s first novel. There is little about its opening that hints at the weirdness of the imagination which created it, though a reader familiar with Pester’s short stories may have some suspicions. The title story of Am I in the Right Place? (2020) features a ‘Mondelux single-man-in-a-bedsit oven with rotisserie setting’ that turns out to be a portal to childhood memories ... ”