A sharp, sardonic, perceptive and painfully funny book about money, love and the sorrows and joys of modern family life by a talented debut author.
Tim Walker was born in Surrey in 1980. He spent four years in California as the Los Angeles correspondent for the Independent. He lives in London with his family.
A most impressive, assured and enjoyable debut.
*Independent*
Very funny…Walker [has a] flair for scene-setting.
*Guardian*
[A] sharply written, shrewdly observed, satirically funny look at
the middle-class obsession with property, the dream that has turned
into a nightmare for a generation.
*Herald*
Completion is a witty, deftly-written portrait of a dysfunctional
family in contemporary Britain. Revealing about the young:
uncomfortably acute about their parents.
*Spectator, Books of the Year*
Clever idea: Tim Walker’s adroit debut novel tells the story of a
scattered London family through their relationship to their
Highbury home. This is a story of the rampant property mania that
dominates the national conversation and an acute satire on urban
First World problems. It’s wittily done…Walker imagines himself
equally confidently into the minds of a rich retiree, an expat mum
and a Shoreditch hipster…So timely…Walker’s characters are fully
fleshed…[and] there are lots of nice touches…This is a proper
London novel, and properly good fun.
*Evening Standard*
Completion is an entertaining debut about the way the property
obsession has blinded many to the real value of people and
families.
*Independent on Sunday*
Completion threads satire through a territory every bit as
cut-throat as the pioneers’ Wild West: the property market in
contemporary London…Completion is lively and often
hilarious…beautifully tart prose offers something to admire
throughout.
*Literary Review*
Tim Walker's debut novel brims with wit and rich characterisation.
It casts a sardonic gaze on hipster subculture, political idealism
and our property-obsessed society…The four main plot strands are
handled with skill…Completion is a warm and invigorating read, and
highly recommended.
*The List*
Walker’s amusing first novel follows the quirky and engaging family
on their lives away from home over 30 years…an enjoyable romp.
*Daily Mail*
[A] deliciously funny novel…Walker’s clever observations on
materialism, parenting, love, friendship and even internet dating
are piercingly accurate, but served up with a generous dollop of
humour…Fluidly written, with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, this
debut from Walker is guaranteed to leave readers wanting more.
*Press Association syndicated review*
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