Summary
Unlike most people Matt Beckford is actually looking forward to turning thirty. After struggling through most of his twenties, he thinks his career, finances and love life are finally sorted. But when he splits up with his girlfriend, he realises that life has different plans for him. Unable to cope with his future falling apart Matt temporarily moves back to his parents.
During his enforced exodus only his old school mates can keep him sane. Friends he hasn’t seen since he was ninete…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444790122 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444790129 |
| Author: | Mike Gayle |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 13 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 131mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
A warm, funny romantic comedy
Not just readable, fresh and witty but sophisticated in execution … funny but also poignant * Independent on Sunday *
Not just readable, fresh and witty but sophisticated in execution … funny but also poignant * Independent on Sunday *
A warm, funny romantic comedy * Daily Mail *
A warm, funny romantic comedy * Daily Mail *
Mike Gayle has carved a whole new literary niche out of the male confessional novel. He’s a publishing phenomenon * Evening Standard *
Mike Gayle has carved a whole new literary niche out of the male confessional novel. He’s a publishing phenomenon * Evening Standard *
Delightfully observant nostalgia … will strike a chord with both sexes * She *
Delightfully observant nostalgia … will strike a chord with both sexes * She *
Mike Gayle manages to weave everything together with such a warm-the-cockles-of-your-heart manner that once you’ve finished reading Turning Thirty you want to turn right back to the beginning and start all over again. It’s real life - but better than we know it * B Magazine *
Mike Gayle manages to weave everything together with such a warm-the-cockles-of-your-heart manner that once you’ve finished reading Turning Thirty you want to turn right back to the beginning and start all over again. It’s real life - but better than we know it * B Magazine *
Funny and endearing … chuckle-on-the-bus readable * Heat *
Funny and endearing … chuckle-on-the-bus readable * Heat *
Mike Gayle
MIKE GAYLE was born and raised in Birmingham. After graduating with a degree in Sociology, he moved to London to pursue a career in journalism and worked as a features editor and agony uncle. He has written for a variety of publications including The Sunday Times, the Guardian and Cosmopolitan.
Mike became a full-time novelist in 1997 following the publication of his Sunday Times top ten bestseller My Legendary Girlfriend, which was hailed by the Independent as ‘full of belly laughs and painfully acute observations’, and by The Times as ‘a funny, frank account of a hopeless romantic’. Since then he has written eighteen novels, including The Man I Think I Know, selected as a World Book Night title, and Half A World Away, selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages. In 2021, Mike was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
He lives in Birmingham with his wife, kids and greyhound.
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