Author:David Wilson
'Only two big facts are known for certain: you are on a large spinning rock hurtling through space at about 67,000 mph, and one day your body is going to die. Will a new pair of shoes really help?' Worth's 12th Rule of Shopping
George Worth is a grumpy lifestyle columnist who works in a woman's world. He hates fashion, mobile phones, computers and Young People. At night he goes home to a borrowed Labrador and feelings of guilt about his dead wife.
Justin Smith is a Young Person. A bright newcomer, he's always on his mobile to his girlfriend, surfing the Net and keeping abreast of the latest trends.
Then comes the day when Justin's girlfriend throws him out and he finds himself having to share a flat with George. As the women around them watch and wonder both men start to work out what really matters among the obsessions and distractions of modern life.
Laugh-out-loud funny, moving and revealing, This Age We're Living In is a novel that confronts the big questions: Can shopping solve everything? Why are boxers better than Y-fronts? Are lifestyle writers secretly in the same mess as everyone else? And if life is a journey, who the hell changed all the signposts?
A smashing book. It's so rare to find a writer who makes you chuckle and think, and who can strike a balance between laughter and integrity...David Wilson has done it brilliantly and touchingly
—— MAVIS CHEEKWarm-hearted, suspenseful, entertaining
—— THE TIMESWitty, perceptive, observant, provocative, wise; funny but never played just for laughs; the best book I've read this year
—— TOM HOLTAmusing, poignant, challenging...it is more than just a comic read, no ordinary passing-of age novel and certainly not a male menopause rant... In truth, it probably deserves to be in a class of its own
—— SUNDAY EXPRESSTragic, funny, sensitive, raging against the modern world, and proof that an ordinary middle-aged bloke really does have feelings
—— MICHELLE HANSONAn enjoyable, funny, touching novel.
—— THE TIMESA nice first-timer from Wilson... Lots of lovely cameos and wit... Great fun.
—— MANCHESTER EVENING NEWSTom Wolfe...remains The Dude when it comes to surveying the crazed, bracing absurdities of our national life… Back to Blood is marked by both Wolfe’s stylistic freneticim and his formidable reportorial gifts… Beginning his ninth decade, Tom Wolfe has brio to burn.
—— Douglas Kennedy , The TimesMr Wolfe’s satirical aim at the debauchery and landscape of avarice and arrogance is gleefully accurate.
—— The Economist[A] huge, very loud [new novel], MOSTLY IN CAPITALS, from Tom Wolfe, Back to Blood.
—— Justine Jordan , GuardianHe is, still, at his best in the thick of a crowd, a master of group dynamics, at once in breathless close-up and sudden wide-angle.
—— Tom Adams , ObserverFor Christmas, I will give to dinner party conversationalists:... Tom Wolfe’s Back to Blood.
—— Fay Weldon , Daily TelegraphWhat really drives all this is Wolfe’s extraordinary style.
—— Robert Murphy , MetroAs broad and panoramic as ever.
—— Craig Brown , Mail on SundayThere are some dazzling satirical riffs and politically incorrect laughs.
—— Jake Kerridge , Sunday ExpressWolfe’s prose is as punchy as ever.
—— Time OutEnergetically set against the deco licentiousness of Florida’s steamiest party capital.
—— VogueClass, family, wealth and corruption are all themes in this examination of life in Miami.
—— Sunday Business Post[Tells] us about the way we live now... enjoyable.
—— Wynn Wheldon , SpectatorClassic Wolfe. A delight
—— William Leith , Evening StandardEpic, hectic, satirical… It’s scathing, funny, and has great set-piece scenes
—— Brandon Robshaw , Independent on SundayContemporary Miami gets the Wolfe treatment in a grand, sweeping satire on race, class, lust and immigration
—— Sunday Telegraph
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