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‘The sparks which fly between an embittered relic of the Swinging London fashion scene and a young man with nothing to lose, as they gradually reveal their pasts and develop a relationship, are both funny and tragic’ Andrew Crofts, author and ghostwriter

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‘Clark is a remarkable ventriloquist, alternating from the working-class vernacular of Bradley to the posh theatricality of Eloise with each chapter. The characters are richly drawn, and readers will quickly become invested in the odd couple, as individuals and as friends. The story is a pleasure all the way through. A funny, immersive portrait of an unusual working relationship’ Kirkus Reviews

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‘A terrific first novel. Pulls off that incredibly tricky trick of making me love two characters I’d normally cross the road to avoid. I felt bereft when I had to bid them farewell at the end’ Paul Mayhew Archer, comedy writer and co-writer of The Vicar of Dibley

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‘Warm, funny, life-enhancing, totally original and, above all, moving … We're thrown into the story and a maelstrom of emotions from page 1. By page 2, I was hooked’ Mike Coleman, TV and radio scriptwriter

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