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Book Synopsis''A delight . . . a glorious, witty and life-affirming ragbag of autobiography, cultural commentary and hard-won wisdom.'' ANDREW TAYLOR, author of The Shadows of London
''Perceptive, wise and illuminating . . . an unmissable farewell.'' Barry Forshaw, FINANCIAL TIMES
''The most hilarious, life-affirming book you'll read this year.'' SAGA magazine
''Wit and wisdom that make every page turn . . . what a fine talent the world has lost.'' STARBURST
This is the memoir Christopher Fowler always wanted to write about ''writing''.
It''s the story of how a young bookworm growing up in a house where there was nothing to read but knitting pamphlets and motorcycle manuals became a writer - a ''word monkey'' - and pursued a sort of career in popular fiction. And it''s a book full of brilliant insights into the pleasures and pitfalls of his profession, dos and don''ts for would-be writ
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Clever, wise, heartbreaking and yet also life-affirmingly funny: his literary comic lightness of touch is on a par with Wodehouse. -- JOANNE HARRIS, bestselling author of Broken Light and Chocolat
A delight to read - a glorious, witty and life-affirming ragbag of autobiography, cultural commentary and hard-won wisdom about the strange and miraculous craft of writing. It's the sort of book that makes you want to underline every other sentence. Beautifully written, of course - one would expect no less from Chris - and characterised by its complete lack of self-pity. I hope it sells by the truckload. -- ANDREW TAYLOR, bestselling author of The Shadows of London
A delight: perceptive, wise and illuminating on the act of reading (no genre held terrors for him) and, equally, the act of writing. All of this in a book full of disarmingly sardonic gallows humour about his own impending death. An unmissable farewell from the much missed author. -- Barry Forshaw * FINANCIAL TIMES *
A remarkable book by a remarkable writer: amazingly entertaining and informative and also, for obvious reasons, one of the most moving. -- SIMON MASON, author of the DI Wilkins Mysteries
Not a hint of Pollyanna here, just the most hilarious, life-affirming book you’ll read this year. * SAGA magazine *
