About the Author

Alexei Sayle is a comedian, actor, presenter and writer. His television work as a writer and performer includes The Young Ones, Alexei Sayle's Stuff, and The All New Alexei Sayle Show. He has written regularly for the Observer, Independent, Time Out, Car Magazine and Esquire and he has appeared in numerous films, from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade to Gorky Park and Swing.

Reviews

'Sayle proves once again that he is no literary dilettante but the real thing' -- Daily Express 'Alexei Sayle excels. The Weeping Women Hotel" is an enjoyable page-turner with a curious plot. If you like your weirdness with warmth and wit, Sayle's your man.' -- Metro 'A brilliant writer ... a great novelist' -- Richard and Judy 'He just seems to keep getting better and better - more supple, more confident and more violent. This is a funny, frightening book which is also refreshingly bonkers.' -- Guardian 'Sayle's energy has been boiling over in collections of short stories and novels of immense literary sophistication - books that are also bed-wettingly funny.With his high-spirited loathing of pretension, he could be our new Kingsley Amis.' -- Roger Lewis, Sunday Express 'This is a novel composed of surreal flights of fancy and spot-on comedy.' -- Katy Guest, Independent