The Satsuma Complex – Bill Mortimer

The Satsuma Complex – Bill Mortimer

We needed an audio book that was about 7 hours and we wanted something funny, and this is what we found on Audible.

Here’s the blurb …

‘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 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 first novel by bestselling author and comedian Bob Mortimer.

This novel was very fun. I particularly liked the dialogue (does that come from being a comedian?). It’s got good pacing and the characters are fabulous; funny, a bit weird, but believable.

I will be reading/listening to more.

A review.

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