Author:David Nobbs
Hilarious storytelling from the creator of Reginald Perrin.
Alan and Ange are on a train, heading for London. Alan is a philosophy lecturer, still a virgin at fifty-five; Ange a twenty-something, horoscope reading, darts groupie. They certainly don't expect their first casual meeting to lead to anything, but it does. Seizing the day, as they pull into Euston station, Alan asks Ange out to dinner and so begins the unlikeliest of liaisons. As they get to know each other, they are initiated into each other's worlds. From the claustrophobic confines of an Oxford College to the heady excitement of a big dart's match; from Liebfraumilch to Wittgenstein and everything in between. They even travel to Rome seeing many wonderful things as Alan learns to live for the moment and Ange to appreciate the finer things in life.
But can they survive their differences in age and background? Are Alan's feelings the stuff of obsession and infatuation or is this true love? And what sort of philosopher is he if he cannot define and understand love?
Told through the voice of Alan, this touching and hilarious story is much more than a tale about an unlikely couple. Ultimately, it is a story about the nature of love.
No-one does truthful and touching and very funny as well as David Nobbs. Cupid's Dart is a lovely book
—— Michael PalinDavid Nobbs is the P.G.Wodehouse of the middle classes ... deliciously funny
—— Daily ExpressDavid Nobbs is a genius ... The detail is perfect
—— WordA real gem
—— WomanFascinating and extremely funny
—— Darts WorldComic novels don't come much better than this
—— ChoiceRomantic but refreshingly witty
—— Sunday MirrorA comic and creepy debut novel...Park transforms the banal into the eerie
—— New Yorkersketches so expertly; if you like this genre, he gets the tone just right
—— William Leith , Evening StandardPark's eye for the minutiae of office life is sharp... This is as funny as Seinfeld
—— Brandon Robshaw , The Independent on SundayChilling, compulsive, and hilarious
—— Elle, 'Read of the Month'P.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century
—— Sebastian FaulksSublime comic genius
—— Ben EltonQuite simply, the master of comic writing at work
—— Jane MooreTo pick up a Wodehouse novel is to find oneself in the presence of genius - no writer has ever given me so much pure enjoyment
—— John Julius NorwichCompulsory reading for anyone who has a pig, an aunt - or a sense of humour!
—— Lindsey DavisThe Wodehouse wit should be registered at Police HQ as a chemical weapon
—— Kathy LetteWitty and effortlessly fluid. His books are laugh-out-loud funny
—— Arabella WeirThe funniest writer ever to put words to paper
—— Hugh LaurieThe greatest comic writer ever
—— Douglas AdamsP.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century
—— Sebastian FaulksSublime comic genius
—— Ben EltonYou don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour
—— Stephen FryA virtuoso performance...This is a collection of stories that will be re-reading exceptionally well, like an album of brilliant songs you keep wanting to hear again
—— Brandom Robshaw , Independent on SundayFunny and furious, Kennedy's tales of floundering marriages and domestic disappointment follow an anarchic path of their own
—— IndependentKennedy's superlative work always attracts admiration
—— Lesley McDowell , Herald
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