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Gabriel Jacoby can't get to sleep. In fact, he can't get anywhere at all, either in his Triumph Dolomite or his life. Everything around him, from his large collection of coffee-machines to his balding Bradford-born flatmate, is breaking down. Not that Gabriel is bothered; he's too busy being in love with his intensely happily married brother's wife. Which is why Gabriel chooses to waste all his time - because he knows that whatever else he might achieve, it won't be happiness. There's no way there, when you're in love with your brother's wife. Unless you remember your brother's wife has a sister...

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Very, very funny, but it also manages to stay on the right side of realistic... I thought the book was terrific. Roddy Doyle A sharp, funny and hugely entertaining insight into the male psyche with the most convincing female orgasm since When Harry Met Sally Helen Fielding One of the best things I have ever read about the nature of mad, obsessive love... funny, sad and horribly, painfully true. Tony Parsons Inventive and hilarious... a wonderful comedy shadowed and complicated by tenderness. SUNDAY TIMES

'Very, very funny, but it also manages to stay on the right side of realistic... I thought the book was terrific.' Roddy Doyle 'A sharp, funny and hugely entertaining insight into the male psyche with the most convincing female orgasm since When Harry Met Sally ' Helen Fielding 'One of the best things I have ever read about the nature of mad, obsessive love... funny, sad and horribly, painfully true.' Tony Parsons 'Inventive and hilarious... a wonderful comedy shadowed and complicated by tenderness.' SUNDAY TIMES 'A blisteringly funny and astonishingly well-executed novel.' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Simultaneously hilarious and desperately poignant... it made me laugh out loud.' THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Imagine an episode of Men Behaving Badly written in the form of early Philip Roth and you get some impression of this confident debut by David Baddiel.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Consistently funny and well-written.' SUNDAY TIMES 'David Baddiel has written a wickedly funny book, the perfect bedside companion for restless nights. It won't cure insomnia, but it will send you to sleep smiling.' COSMOPOLITAN 'Entertaining and enjoyable... the lyrical side of laddism.' TLS 'Laughing out- loud funny... and his characterisation is impressive- especially in his three principle females, which makes a change for any male debutant, celebrity or not.' TIME OUT 'A very funny novel with brilliant gags and situations, digested expertly into a well-rounded plot, spring-loaded with unexpected reversals and surprises.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'A splendid maiden novel that has found its way to the top of the book charts in the first week of publication... an essential purchase.' GLASGOW HERALD 'Funny, well-paced and with a sharp eye for the truth about lust.' SUNDAY MIRROR 'This is a rare thing, a seriously funny, laugh-out-loud novel. Genuinely engaging.' TATLER

"'Very, very funny, but it also manages to stay on the right side of realistic... I thought the book was terrific.' Roddy Doyle 'A sharp, funny and hugely entertaining insight into the male psyche with the most convincing female orgasm since ""When Harry Met Sally""' Helen Fielding 'One of the best things I have ever read about the nature of mad, obsessive love... funny, sad and horribly, painfully true.' Tony Parsons 'Inventive and hilarious... a wonderful comedy shadowed and complicated by tenderness.' SUNDAY TIMES 'A blisteringly funny and astonishingly well-executed novel.' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Simultaneously hilarious and desperately poignant... it made me laugh out loud.' THE DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Imagine an episode of ""Men Behaving Badly"" written in the form of early Philip Roth and you get some impression of this confident debut by David Baddiel.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Consistently funny and well-written.' SUNDAY TIMES 'David Baddiel has written a wickedly funny book, the perfect bedside companion for restless nights. It won't cure insomnia, but it will send you to sleep smiling.' COSMOPOLITAN 'Entertaining and enjoyable... the lyrical side of laddism.' TLS 'Laughing out- loud funny... and his characterisation is impressive- especially in his three principle females, which makes a change for any male debutant, celebrity or not.' TIME OUT 'A very funny novel with brilliant gags and situations, digested expertly into a well-rounded plot, spring-loaded with unexpected reversals and surprises.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'A splendid maiden novel that has found its way to the top of the book charts in the first week of publication... an essential purchase.' GLASGOW HERALD 'Funny, well-paced and with a sharp eye for the truth about lust.' SUNDAY MIRROR 'This is a rare thing, a seriously funny, laugh-out-loud novel. Genuinely engaging.' TATLER"

British TV funnyman David Baddiel proves that his fantasies extend beyond football in this, his first novel. The protagonist can't sleep, which means he has plenty of extra hours in his day to think about his life, his work or the lack of it, his bizarre parents and most of all about the love of his life, who is married to his brother. A very funny book. (Kirkus UK)

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David Baddiel co-created three of the most popular comedy programmes in BBC TV history and his stand-up comedy act is always a sell-out nationwide.

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