The Long Shoe
The new novel from multi-million selling author
$22.67
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2026
Summary
‘A touching story of human relationships’ – The Guardian ‘A delight to read’ – Daily Express ‘Characteristically offbeat and thoroughly amiable’ – Financial Times
Bathroom salesman Matt is at a crossroads. He has lost his job, he is about to be made homeless, and his girlfriend has left him. He wants his luck to change and he wants things to go back to how they were. Out of the blue, he is offered a job that comes with a free luxury a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398548084 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398548081 |
| Author: | Bob Mortimer |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Gallery |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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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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