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Back Trouble
- Author
- Clare Chambers
- Narrator
- Stephen Leask
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 2 September 2021
- Run Time
- 6 hours 58 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021
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 between the mundane catalogue of seaside holidays and bodged DIY, broken relationships and unspoken truths, more surprises are revealed, both comic and touching, than Philip or his family ever bargained for. Even, perhaps, a happy ending...
Praise for Clare Chambers:
'Smart, astute, and very funny' Daily Mail
'Gorgeous... If you're looking for something escapist and bittersweet, I could not recommend more' Pandora Sykes on SMALL PLEASURES
'Chambers' eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity' Guardian
'A funny and moving story with a great deal of style' Daily Express
© Clare Chambers 2001 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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A funny and moving story with a great deal of style
Sunday Telegraph
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A funny book which slips in some acute and painful obervations on the side
The Times
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A great read
Time Out
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Details
- Author
- Clare Chambers
- Narrator
- Stephen Leask
- Duration
- 6 hours 58 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 September 2021
- ISBN
- 9781473595439
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Interior life
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021On 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 between the mundane catalogue of seaside holidays and bodged DIY, broken relationships and unspoken truths, more surprises are revealed, both comic and touching, than Philip or his family ever bargained for. Even, perhaps, a happy ending...Praise for Clare Chambers:'Smart, astute, and very funny' Daily Mail'Gorgeous... If you're looking for something escapist and bittersweet, I could not recommend more' Pandora Sykes on SMALL PLEASURES'Chambers' eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity' Guardian'A funny and moving story with a great deal of style' Daily Express© Clare Chambers 2001 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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