A legendary comedy scriptwriter writes his first novel; the result: a comic classic. 'Funny, twisted, touching, funny, bitter and funny. It's also very funny' - Hugh Laurie.
Jon Canter is the author of two other novels, Worth and A Short Gentleman, which was adapted for BBC Radio 4. He has also written stand-up comedy, TV and radio scripts for many of Britain's most prominent comedians, and comment pieces for the Guardian.
He is arguably the finest comic novelist working in Britain today.
Indeed, he may just be finest comic anything working in Britain
right now... Canter's prose is achingly funny...it is also vital,
acute, literary and oddly moving.
*Independent*
Jon Canter is a north London Woody Allen. I haven't laughed so much
in years - and then I realised that I had felt and thought hard
too
*Independent*
A wise cracking monologue... laugh-a-line funny but in the
tradition of jewish humour, [it] touches a serious issue
*Financial Times*
A very funny, intelligent novel about being a failure
*Guardian*
Well observed, warm humour... perfect parody
*The Times*
Funny, beautiful and strangely moving - stuffed full of belly
laughs, but written from the heart
*Tony Parsons*
Canter explores with gentle acuity the oppositions in long term
friendship, and delves humorously into the relationship between
writer and subject
*Observer*
The most impressive thing in this novel is the way it captures the
nuances of the love hate relationship between two friends who have
enjoyed contrasting fortunes...There will not be many more polished
debuts in 2006. Canter has taken an old tale and retold it with
admirable invention and freshness
*Sunday Telegraph*
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