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The hilarious, unmissable novel from the brilliant Miles Jupp
$39.90
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
28 November 2022
Summary
A satirical, tragicomic story about a man on the edge from actor and comedian Miles Jupp. For readers of Jonathan Coe, Mark Watson, Michael Frayn and David Nicholls.
Clive Hapgood is feeling stuck. The private school he teaches at is consuming his life, no thanks to wretched headteacher Julian Crouch. The gentle country life Clive envisaged has stifled him and left his marriage on the brink. What he needs is a holiday - something to remind him and Helen what life used to be like. But …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472239976 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472239970 |
| Author: | Miles Jupp |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Book Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 28 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
Very funny
Very funny set pieces and one-liners
* Daily Mail *Well-observed … [Jupp] has fun skewering the absurdities of public-school life
* Mail on Sunday *Very funny
* Metro *A sensitive and insightful depiction of a midlife crisis, while simultaneously extracting every last ounce of comedy and farce from Clive’s situation … Jupp writes in the wonderfully wry, deadpan style comic style that his fans will recognise from his TV and radio appearances.
* Sunday Express *Jupp’s witty novel has some telling things to say about British hypocrisy and the culture at independent schools, where students “generally leave with an innate capacity to bedishonest”. * The Independent *About The Author
Miles Jupp
Miles Jupp is an actor, comedian and writer. He played Nigel in the BAFTA winning sitcom REV, and John Duggan in Armando Iannucci’s THE THICK OF IT, and has made multiple appearances on HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, MOCK THE WEEK and WOULD I LIE TO YOU? Film appearances include THE MONUMENTS MEN, directed by and starring George Clooney, Michael Winterbottom’s THE LOOK OF LOVE and MADE IN DAGENHAM. Miles has appeared on the West End stage in NEVILLE’S ISLAND and at the National Theatre in BOTH RULES FOR LIVING and PEOPLE.
As well as writing and starring in the successful BBC Radio 4 sitcom IN AND OUT OF THE KITCHEN, in 2015 he also took over from Sandi Toksvig as host of THE NEWS QUIZ.
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