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Funny, clever and sweet Sunday Times

The much loved comic proves adept at noirish fiction in a debut whose surrealist humour sets it apart Observer

My name is Gary. I m 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 t catch her name, but falls for her anyway. When she suddenly disappears without saying goodbye, all Gary has to remember h