Synopsis
Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.
'Glorious. I will be astonished if I read a more original, more inventive or funnier novel this year.' - Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt
Part tender love story, part murder mystery, part hilarious description of a wasted life, and interspersed with some of the funniest poems about the mundane and the...
Details
13 June 2019384 pages
9781529005547Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Glorious. I will be astonished if I read a more original, more inventive or funnier novel this year.Adam Kay
Nobody must find out about this unique gem, because I’m giving it to EVERYONEDawn French
Achingly funny. Without doubt it should win next year's Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for the best comic novel, even if my own novel is in contention as wellJonathan Coe
If you like a) laughing or b) words which rhyme with each other, you will love Brian BilstonRichard Osman
