Neil Double is a professional conference attender -he’ll do it, so you don’t have to. He’ll attend the seminars, press the flesh, collect the leaflets and other various tat and junk; he’ll even attend the parties and have the meaningless, alcohol-fuelled sex for you. It’s all part of the service his...
I was laughing out loud during the last quarter of this book; it was a fun read, and there was the bonus of it being well written too. The stylish writing saved the mid third from being mired by a bit of boggy floundering; the debauched night on the town may have been mostly irrelevant but it provi...
I thought this story had a lot of promise. I like the writers style, but not the content of his story. Felt like the main characters was a slouch and a drunk. It could have been quite a commical story, but instead just ended up being flat.
A darkly morose novel that spirals out of control with wicked droll humour
I really wanted to like this book but eventually gave up about halfway through.
blurb - 'Thanks so much for this; you're a real friend for helping me out. I don't feel comfortable leaving the flat for so long, not with the cats... You'll like it, it's a nice flat.'When an unnamed writer finds himself entrusted with looking after a disturbingly minimalist apartment in a nameless...