Terms & Conditions
by:
Robert Glancy (author)
Frank has been in a car accident*. The doctor tells him he lost his spleen, but Frank believes he has lost more. He is missing memories - of those around him, of the history they share and of how he came to be in the crash. All he remembers is that he is a lawyer who specialises in small print**....
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Frank has been in a car accident*. The doctor tells him he lost his spleen, but Frank believes he has lost more. He is missing memories - of those around him, of the history they share and of how he came to be in the crash. All he remembers is that he is a lawyer who specialises in small print**. In the wake of the accident Frank begins to piece together his former life - and his former self. But the picture that emerges, of his marriage, his family and the career he has devoted years to, is not necessarily a pretty one. Could it be that the terms and conditions by which Frank has been living are not entirely in his favour***? In the process of unravelling the knots into which his life has been tied, he learns that the devil really does live in the detail and that it's never too late to rewrite your own destiny. *apparently quite a serious one **words that no one ever reads *** and perhaps never have been
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781408852255 (140885225X)
ASIN: 140885225X
Publish date: 2015-02-12
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Read by Kim A: Corporate lawyer waked up from an accident with amnesia and injuries. Rediscovering who he was and realising his wife is a bitch, and his career has gone stale and stagnant. Only in the last 10% of the book was character turning his life around though (the blurb seemed to indicate thi...
For if the devil's in the detail, I'm the devil's ghost-writer, typing cautionary tales in font so small they're rendered invisible. You can barely see them and when you do it's too late. I have been wanting to read this book for a little while. This is one of those books that I knew I would love e...
There's a particular sub-type of English male you see in quite a few books and movies. It's the man who apologizes when somebody else bumps into him, who always lets other people have their way, who never complains. Frank Shaw is one of those men; he describes himself as the "great capitulator." As ...