Fortysomething

Williams, Nigel

ISBN 10: 0670886475 / ISBN 13: 9780670886470

Published by Viking, 1999

About this Item

402 Pages.

Seller Inventory # 040871

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fortysomething
• Publisher: Viking
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670886475
• ISBN 13: 9780670886470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

About this title

Synopsis

Paul Slippery is 49 and 5 months, and this is his diary in the lead-up to the great day. He lives with his longsuffering wife and 3 difficult teenage boys in Wimbledon, a figure of fun and pity. To compound his problems, he hears that the soap-operaradio part he has played for 25 years is to be killed off. Oh yes, and he can't remember when he last had sex. A cross between Helen Fielding and Sue Townsend, FORTYSOMETHING holds a funny, painful mirror up for the male fortysomething.

About the Author

Nigel Williams was born in Cheshire in 1948, grew up in north London where his father was headmaster of a grammar school, and went to Oriel College, Oxford. He has worked for the BBC as a TV arts programme maker for over 25 years. He has written a number of novels, including most famously THE WIMBLEDON POISONER (Faber, 1990) which was turned into a highly successful TV series. He lives in Putney with his wife and three sons.