The Satsuma Complex

Mortimer, Bob

ISBN 10: 139852123X / ISBN 13: 9781398521230

Published by Gallery Books, 2023

About this Item

UK paperback reprint, 2023 Gallery Books. The book is in fine condition. No creasing to the spine or cover.

Seller Inventory # 9230

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Satsuma Complex
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 139852123X
• ISBN 13: 9781398521230
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Paperback Fiction

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Synopsis

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’ – Observer

‘Like Spike Milligan, Mortimer has managed to use a novel for his distinctive comedic voice’ – The Telegraph 
 
‘Hilarious’ – Daily Mail
 
‘You’ll love it’ – Independent

My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To describe me as anonymous would be unfair but to notice me other than in passing would be a rarity. I did make a good connection with a girl, but that blew up in my face and smacked my arse with a fish slice.

Gary Thorn goes for a pint with a work acquaintance called Brendan. When Brendan leaves early, Gary meets a girl in the pub. He doesn’t catch her name, but falls for her anyway. When she suddenly disappears without saying goodbye, all Gary has to remember her by is the book she was reading: The Satsuma Complex. But when Brendan goes missing, Gary needs to track down the girl he now calls Satsuma to get some answers.

And so begins Gary’s quest, through the estates and pie shops of South London, to finally bring some love and excitement into his unremarkable life…

A page-turning story with a cast of unforgettable characters, The Satsuma Complex is the brilliantly funny smash hit first novel by bestselling author and comedian Bob Mortimer.