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Book SynopsisUnlike most people Matt Beckford is actually looking forward to turning thirty. At last, he thinks his career, finances and love life are all sorted. But life has other plans, and after splitting up with his girlfriend Matt is forced to move back in with his parents.
This scenario soon has Matt feeling nostalgic, and desperate for some sanity. So, one by one, he tracks down his old school mates - the rest of the Magnificent Seven.
But when you''re turning thirty nothing''s as simple as it used to be.
Trade ReviewNot 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 *
