Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About concerns a guy named Pel who lives with his German girlfriend, Ursula. Pel leads an uneventful life—quietly bluffing his way through his job and discovering new things to argue about with Ursula. But when his boss mysteriously disappears, Pel steps...
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Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About concerns a guy named Pel who lives with his German girlfriend, Ursula. Pel leads an uneventful life—quietly bluffing his way through his job and discovering new things to argue about with Ursula. But when his boss mysteriously disappears, Pel steps innocently into his shoes and his life spirals out of control in a chaotic whirl of stolen money, missing colleagues, and Chinese mafiosi.Its fractured thriller plot punctuated by blazingly hilarious set-piece arguments between the hapless Pel and the unflappable Ursula, Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About is a brilliant comic novel examining the unique warfare in long-term relationships.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780812966664 (081296666X)
ASIN: 081296666X
Publish date: January 14th 2003
Publisher: Villard
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Relationships
I believe this was Millington's first book and I found it absolutely hilarious - perhaps I identified more with the characters as I also have a German partner, so when she is being very 'German' I call her Ursella and she refers to me as 'Monkey Boy'in honour of the book.I would have preferred a sli...
Very dry, tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, though a bit negative after awhile, what with all the main characters' fighting. The plot was fairly goofy but amusing.
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