Whatever Love Means by David Baddiel - ISBN: 9780349113920
Paperback
Affair, tragedy, and satire explore love’s meaning in the wake of Diana.

Whatever Love Means

  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    31 December 1999

Summary

Like most people, Vic Mullan - once described by his best friend Joe as ‘a man whose sense of social responsibility is exhausted by pulling over to let an ambulance by’ - can remember where he was and what he was doing on the day of Princess Diana’s death. Yes, he can remember it particularly well: he was at home, beginning an affair with Emma, Joe’s wife.

The opening sections of David Baddiel’s second novel chart the history of an intense and passionately sexual liaison set against t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349113920
ISBN-10:0349113920
Author:David Baddiel
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:31 December 1999
Weight:215g
Dimensions:197mm x 126mm x 20mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘I read it in one sitting with awe… a thriller and a love story constructed with a sinister symmetry where everything comic is shadowed by something dark’ Chrissie Iley - SUNDAY TIMES ‘Touching and strange and funny’ - SAM MENDES, Director of AMERICAN BEAUTY ‘A thriller and a love story constructed with a sinister symmetry where everything comic is shadowed by something dark’ - Chrissie Iley, Sunday Times ‘A black, sometimes tender read … impressive and intelligent’ - The Times

About The Author

David Baddiel

David Baddiel co-created three of the most popular comedy programmes in BBC TV history and his stand-up comedy act is always a sell-out nationwide.

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