Author:Mark Michalowski,Russell Tovey,Full Cast
George's friend, Kaz, arrives at the flat with a staggering request: she and her partner Gail want to have a child, and they'd like George to be the father. George is warming to the idea - he's always wanted kids, and he can be as involved in the baby's life as he wishes - but he is wary: what if his condition is genetic? Mitchell and Annie don't approve of the new plan, but Mitchell is wrestling with a difficult decision of his own. A patient at the hospital, Leo, is surprisingly good company for a pasty older bloke who believes the 1980s were a golden age. But he seems a little too interested in Mitchell's history - and he has a surprising request of his own in store for his new friend...
Featuring Mitchell, George and Annie, as played by Aidan Turner, Russell Tovey and Lenora Crichlow in the hit series created by Toby Whithouse for BBC Television.
I loved this book... I found myself smiling all the way through... a lovely novel
—— Margaret ForsterUtterly delightful
—— HelloA beguiling first novel
—— Kirkus ReviewsA charming first novel
—— BooklistThis is a fresh, gleefully savage take on the theme of the innocent abroad... A hilarious send-up of its whole cast of characters, British and American
—— Cyra McFaddenFantastic, bold, colourful, assured and wonderful writing - and what a story! An outstanding book, magical, beautiful with writing as crisp and fine and breathtaking as a Russian winter
—— Manda Scott, author of the Boudica trilogyLuxuriant... baroque and intimate, worldly and domestic, wildly strange and soulfully familiar
—— Washington PostA whirlwind saga of intrigue, shifting allegiances and illicit liaisons, this engrossing story really captures the imagination
—— Choice MagazineA wonderfully majestic and evocative tale of 18th century Russia at a key moment in history
—— Candis MagazineAn intensely written, intensely felt saga of the early years that shaped the 18th century's famous czarina, Catherine the Great. Her survival in the treachery of the Russian court was an amazing feat, and Eva Stachniak captures the fluidity and steeliness that propelled Catherine from a lowly German duchess to one of the towering figures of the century
—— Karleen Koen, author of Through a Glass DarklyA riveting reconstruction of a crucial era in Russian history… shows iconic figures of the period as real people
—— BBC History MagazineCovering the twenty years that turned Catherine the Great from a young bride on approval to the legendary Empress of Russia, Eva Stachniak's novel gives a magical insight into the hopes and fears that haunted the corridors of the St Petersburg palace. It brings alive the very tastes and textures of the mid-eighteenth century
—— Sarah Gristwood, author of Arbella and The Girl in the MirrorAn intimate portrait of 18th century girl-power
—— IndependentA wry moral tale exploring the little evasions and compromises of everyday life. Translator Agnes Scott does justice to Solstad’s measured voice
—— Emma Hagestadt , IndependentThis short-but-striking novel quickly reveals itself to be…crime fiction, yes, but also a subtle and deeply introspective consideration of the inertia of lonely middle-age, its philosophy existentialist in the manner of Jean Paul Sartre, Ingmar Bergman and certain novels of Georges Simenon. The result is a highly complex and accomplished work
—— Billy O'Callaghan , Irish ExaminerIntriguing tale… Solstad expertly navigates the bizarre mind of a clever but lonely man locked in an existentialist nightmare
—— TelegraphThis is no straightforward crime novel…an exploration of guilt, inaction and moral quandaries
—— Nic Bottomley , Bath Life
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