This book, The Great Night, is loosely based on A Midsummer Nght’s Dream - very loosely. The magical element and faries and such are part of the book but that’s about it. but thb, I can’t remember the play very well - so who knows lol, this was the first proper theatre play I went to btw. I was around 8 and I was crushing hard on the guy who played Puck. So I’ll always have a soft spot for that character :) sigh....
anyways, this book is a really good read. Chris Adrian writes quite well and is sometimes laugh out loud funny! I had a good chuckle, especially in the doctor’s waiting room, when everyone is really quiet and you’re desperately trying not to laugh.
this being said, it deals a lot with loss and grief which seems the opposite of funny but Adrian somehow makes these two things work without being disrespectful or absurd.