National Award for Debut Fiction (Bulgaria) * Eastern European Bestseller * Deliciously Illustrated She is youwhen youwere lost... Love is an addiction. Trying to understand people is an addiction. As are drugs, alcohol, and eating disorders. And every addiction is a whole new world worth exploring. So Alice explores. Working at a bar and searching for her own path in life, she enjoys studying people and their obsessions with a nearly-scientific devotion. She is not a passive bystander. A rebel with a strong inclination for trouble, Alice is always thrilled to experience everything first-hand, including the dark stuff. However, as she encounters a myriad of peculiar characters who change her perspectives on life, things quickly start to spiral out of control. Will Alice find her way out of the hole?Have you? An honest narrative about mistakes and our entitlement to not be perfect, Alice on a Friday Night is a hypnotic adventure in the unsettling depths of delusions and dreams. The book is not just an addicted-to-drugs novel. With a sprinkle of Eastern European dark humor, it’s an incredibly relatable story that rings true to readers from all walks of life. Dessi Nikko on clarifying the “I’ve been compared to authors like Charles Bukowski (‘a female Charles Bukowski with elements of psychological thriller, satire romance and charming naivety,’ how about that?), and my work has been classified among urban novels, coming of age books for adults, new adult addiction novels, books like Fight Club, books like Girl, Interrupted, books like My Year of Rest and Relaxation, addiction memoirs bestsellers… I don’t like putting art in frames though. I write the books I’ve always wanted to read, that’s all.”