His last novel, a well-researched historical work, The Mulberry Empire, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and he is one of Granta’s Best of British novelists. This new one returns to the platform of his first novel, comic writing at its best. Light and strangely tender, it tells of an indexer stuck in a rut and now suddenly deserted by his wife. The title describes the rest!
Comparison: Patrick Gale, Nicholas Shakespeare, David Lodge.
Similar this month: Alan Hollinghurst, Muriel Spark.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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