New fiction: The Empathy Problem
Eithne Farry introduces the new novel by Gavin Extence

Cold and calculating, Gabriel Vaughn has, in his own words, lived his whole life โputting my interests ahead of every other person on the planetโ.
That is until he is diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour, which alters the way he feels about everything.
Extenceโs tale of a life-changing transformation is unusual; a gripping look at an unlikeable character who swaps insensitivity for soulfulness.
The Empathy Problem by Gavin Extence (Hodder & Stoughton, ยฃ16.99) is out now.