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On the brink of 40, newly single with a failed business, Philip thought he'd reached an all-time low. It only needed a discarded chip on a South London street to lay him literally flat. So, bedbound and bored, Philip writes the story of his life, only to reveal some comic and touching surprises. On the brink of forty, newly single with a failed business, Philip thought he'd reached an all-time low. It only needed a discarded chip on a South London street to lay him literally flat. So, bedbound and bored, Philip naturally starts to write the story of his life. But the mundane catalogue of seaside holidays and bodged DIY, broken relationships and unspoken truths, reveals more surprises,...
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This was about to be released but kept back as I might read it after all.

So, I did read it after all. At first glance it appeared quite straightforward, but there was depth - particularly in the parts that related to the past. The bit in the 'present' had a different tone, and I didn't warm to the adult version of the main character as much as the teenager. The adult needed to get a grip! But all credit to the author who kept my empathy for the adult character in tact despite him being a bit annoying at times.

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