The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer

*WINNER OF THEA?BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2023*?_~Funny, clever and sweet?_? there is a lot of Mortimer?_Ts ridiculousness?_T ?_" Sunday Times?_~The much loved comic proves adept at noirish fiction in a debut whose surrealist humour sets it apart?_T ?_" Observer?_~Like Spike Milligan, Mortimer has managed to use a novel for his distinctive comedic voice?_T ?_" The TelegraphA?My name is Gary. I?_Tm a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To describe me as anonymous would be unfair but to notice me other than in passing would be a rarity. I did make a good connection with a girl, but that blew up in my face and smacked my arse with a fish slice. Gary Thorn goes for a pint with a work acquaintance called Brendan. When Brendan leaves early, Gary meets a girl in the pub. He doesn?_Tt catch her name, but falls for her anyway. When she suddenly disappears without saying goodbye, all Gary has to remember her by is the book she was reading: The Satsuma Complex. But when Brendan goes missing, Gary needs to track down the girl he now calls Satsuma to get some answers. And so begins Gary?_Ts quest, through the estates and pie shops of South London, to finally bring some love and excitement into his unremarkable life?_? A page-turning story with a cast of unforgettable characters, The Satsuma Complex is the brilliantly funny first novel by bestselling author and comedian Bob Mortimer.
Binding: Hardback