Funny, moving, poignant - the terrific new novel from the bestselling author of An Utterly Impartial History of Britain
John O'Farrell is the author of four novels- The Man Who Forgot His Wife, May Contain Nuts, This Is Your Life and The Best a Man Can Get. His novels have been translated into over twenty languages and have been adapted for radio and television. He has also written two best-selling history books- An Utterly Impartial History of Britain and An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain, as well as a political memoir, Things Can Only Get Better and three collections of his column the Guardian. A former comedy scriptwriter for such productions as Spitting Image, Room 101, Murder Most Horrid and Chicken Run, he is founder of the satirical website NewsBiscuit and can occasionally be spotted on such TV programmes as Grumpy Old Men, Question Time and Have I Got News for You.
"It's a rare treat to come across a novel that is both comic and thoughtfully acute about love, and life, and stuff... Hilarious and heart-tugging, this is indeed a memorable comedy" Guardian "John O'Farrell has tapped the rich seam of domestic life in this fun new novel" Daily Mirror "Exudes prime-time, feel-good gold... What's not to like?" Daily Mail "A brilliantly comic tale with some sharp observations on modern marriage from one of the funniest writers around" Bella "The jokes keep coming in this novel about an amnesiac family man, but the punchlines involve some serious philosophical thought" Independent on Sunday
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