Michael
The wise, funny and moving new novel for Christmas 2026
$31.19
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
29 December 2026
Summary
Michael has had a big life. A life of abundance and applause. But now he’s dead (or at least he’s pretty sure he is). He is given the chance to return – but it comes with a catch. He ends up back in a time he’d tried to forget.
He and his mum have been forced to start again after his dad’s death: new house, new school, no mates. Worse still, his mum has a new boyfriend, a man with suspiciously close-set eyes and the word DRYWALL tattooed on his forearm. He mostly spends his time in hi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398548107 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398548103 |
| Author: | Bob Mortimer |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Gallery |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 29 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 150mm x 230mm |
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Bob Mortimer
Bob Mortimer was born in Middlesbrough in 1959, the youngest of four sons. He trained as a solicitor before a chance encounter with Vic Reeves in the 1980s led to a successful career in comedy as half of duo Reeves and Mortimer.
His screen credits include Shooting Stars, Big Night Out, Catterick and most recently BBC2’s Gone Fishing.
His memoir, And Away…, published in 2021, became the bestselling memoir of the year and was named Times and Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year.
His first novel, The Satsuma Complex, was published in 2022 and won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for Comic Fiction. The sequel, The Hotel Avocado, was an immediate number one bestseller on release in 2024. His books have now sold over 2 million copies.
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