*WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2023*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Funny, clever and sweet’– Sunday Times‘The much loved comic proves adept at noirish fiction in a debut whose surrealist humour sets it apart’ – ObserverMy name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To describ...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST CRIME & THRILLER BOOKS OF 2024'As a comedian, Bob Mortimer spins a shaggy-dog story like nobody else, and this is a rollicking old-school yarn' The Guardian‘Mortimer’s verbal specificity and off-kilter humour will keep his fans chuckling’ The TimesWARNING - this book includes: heavy crimes, car ...

Beloved comedian and #1 Sunday Times (London) bestselling author of the memoir And Away… Bob Mortimer returns with a delightfully quirky mystery in the vein of Richard Osman and Nita Prose.Unremarkable legal assistant Gary Thorn goes for a pint with his coworker Brendan, unaware his life is about to change. There, Gary meets a beautiful woman, but she leaves before he catches her name. All he has to remember her by is the title of...

THE INSTANT BESTSELLER BY MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR BOB MORTIMER.‘A touching story of human relationships’ The Guardian‘A delight to read’ Daily Express‘Characteristically offbeat and thoroughly amiable’ Financial TimeBathroom salesman Matt is at a crossroads. He has lost his job, he is about to be made homeless and his girlfriend has left him. He wants his luck to change and he wa...

The number one bestseller and Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year by national treasure Bob Mortimer.‘The most life-affirming, joyful read of the year’ - Sunday Times‘Winningly heartfelt’ – The Guardian‘A triumph’ – Daily MailBob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate...

The number one bestseller and Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year by national treasure Bob Mortimer.‘The most life-affirming, joyful read of the year’ - Sunday Times‘Winningly heartfelt’ – The Guardian‘A triumph’ – Daily MailBob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate...

Gary Thorn leva uma vida invisível em Londres. Assistente jurídico, solitário e habituado à rotina, nada parece capaz de a alterar ‒ até à noite em que conhece uma mulher num pub. A conversa é breve, o impacto é imediato. Quando ela desaparece sem dizer uma palavra, Gary fica apenas com uma memória… e com o livro que ela deixou para trás: Operação Satsuma. Pouco depois, um colega de trabalho desaparece. As coincidências acumulam-se, e Gary vê-se forçado a seguir as poucas pistas de que dis...

Gary Thorn vive dividido entre duas vidas possíveis. Em Londres, encontra refúgio na rotina: o emprego, os pequenos rituais do dia a dia, a companhia improvável da vizinha Grace e do cão Lassoo. Em Brighton, espera-o Emily e o ambicioso projeto de um novo começo: o Hotel Abacate. Mas escolher implica sempre perder algo. E, desta vez, talvez implique perder muito mais. À medida que Gary hesita, o mundo à sua volta começa a alterar-se de forma subtil e inquietante. Há encontros que ...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST CRIME & THRILLER BOOKS OF 2024'As a comedian, Bob Mortimer spins a shaggy-dog story like nobody else, and this is a rollicking old-school yarn' The Guardian‘Mortimer’s verbal specificity and off-kilter humour will keep his fans chuckling’ The TimesWARNING - this book includes: heavy crimes, car ...

Beloved comedian and #1 Sunday Times (London) bestselling author of the memoir And Away… Bob Mortimer returns with a delightfully quirky mystery in the vein of Richard Osman and Nita Prose.Unremarkable legal assistant Gary Thorn goes for a pint with his coworker Brendan, unaware his life is about to change. There, Gary meets a beautiful woman, but she leaves before he catches her name. All he has to remember her by is the title of...

Herrlich britischer Humor und ein liebenswürdig verpeilter Held. Der Super-Bestseller aus UK.»Mein Name ist Gary. Ich bin dreißig Jahre alt und arbeite in einer Kanzlei in London. Wenn Sie mich träfen, würden Sie mich wahrscheinlich als unscheinbar bezeichnen. Ich hatte einen tollen Draht zu einer Frau entwickelt, doch das flog mir voll um die Ohren und verpasste mir einen Tritt in den Hintern.«Gary Thorn lernt im Pub eine Frau kennen. Er ist schockverliebt...

THE INSTANT BESTSELLER BY MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR BOB MORTIMER.‘A touching story of human relationships’ The Guardian‘A delight to read’ Daily Express‘Characteristically offbeat and thoroughly amiable’ Financial TimeBathroom salesman Matt is at a crossroads. He has lost his job, he is about to be made homeless and his girlfriend has left him. He wants his luck to change and he wa...