You Know The Sun Bothers Me (Paperback)

Ryan Falzon

ISBN 10: 1917544081 / ISBN 13: 9781917544085

Published by Foundry Editions, 2026

About this Item

Paperback. Schools out for summer, and for our unnamed narrator, that means three months away from his physics high school students to tinker with his ancient Fiat 131 and fret about his all-consuming obsession: Sarah, a tempestuous artist he met online. They sleep together, they text obsessively, but as Julys barbecues and boat trips segue into Augusts festi, their intimate moments always reset into platonic disappointment, and she increasingly ghosts him in favour of an ever-changing group of new besties. A sensation on its home island, this book gives poignant voice to a regular guy in his early thirties, trying to get a grip on love, life and growing up, and it paints a high-octane portrait of what it means to live in the hedonistic, overcrowded, workaholic, claustrophobic, contradictory mind-blast that is Malta. Love, lust, adulthood and an ancient Fiat in one long hot Maltese summer. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: You Know The Sun Bothers Me (Paperback)
• Publisher: Foundry Editions
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1917544081
• ISBN 13: 9781917544085
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

School’s out for summer, and for our unnamed narrator, that means three months away from his physics high school students to tinker with his ancient Fiat 131 and fret about his all-consuming obsession: Sarah, a tempestuous artist he met online. They sleep together, they text obsessively, but as July’s barbecues and boat trips segue into August’s festi, their intimate moments always reset into platonic disappointment, and she increasingly ghosts him in favour of an ever-changing group of new besties. A sensation on its home island, this book gives poignant voice to a regular guy in his early thirties, trying to get a grip on love, life and growing up, and it paints a high-octane portrait of what it means to live in the hedonistic, overcrowded, workaholic, claustrophobic, contradictory mind-blast that is Malta.

About the Author

RYAN FALZON, born in Malta in 1988, is a visual artist, published author and art educator. His work is often abrasive and playful, and he is known for constructing narratives by arranging disparate images and texts in a collage-like fashion. Since 2011, Falzon has published several short pieces in various publications. Sajf, the first novel by Falzon, was published in 2022 and reviews have referred to it as the voice of the Maltese millennial generation. Sajf was shortlisted for NBC 2023 National Book Prize. In 2024, Falzon was selected as a participant in the literary residencies European programme Ulysses’s Shelter. In the same year, Falzon was awarded the National Prize for the Best Emergent Author.