American novelist Nathan Hill's celebrated debut novel The Nix was released last week in the US, and although UK readers have to wait until January to get hold of their copies, it's already clear Hill is a force to be reckoned with.

An ambitious, hilarious and intelligent novel following the story of an estranged mother and son, The Nix has been compared to the work of Jonathan Franzen, Michael Chabon, Jennifer Egan and John Irving, who said 'Nathan Hill is a maestro of being terrific'. More than just a promising debut novelist, Nathan Hill looks set to become one of the next great American writers.