Robin, a postgrad student in Coventry, has spent four and a half years not writing his thesis. He and his academic colleagues, united by pallor, social ineptitude and sexual inexperience, once spent hours discussing their theories, but they somehow never made it into print. Now his unfinished thesis languishes in a drawer, and Robin hides in his room, increasingly frightened by a world he doesn't understand. His friends have failed him and romance eludes him. His only outlet is his short stories, scribbled in notebooks and expressing his secret obsessions and frustrations. Then, when an unfortunate and embarassing incident in a public park lands him in serious trouble, Robin's life finally spirals out of control ...
| ISBN | 0141033312 | | Pages | 240 | | ISBN13 | 9780141033310
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 163 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Previous ISBN | 9780140294910 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 19 May 2008 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Spine width (mm) | 15 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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Witty and intelligent Guardian A very funny novel The Times Literary Supplement Unusual and intriguing Sunday Times
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