<B>*WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2023*</B><BR/><BR/><B>THE <I>SUNDAY TIMES </I>BESTSELLER</B><BR/> <BR/><B>‘Funny, clever and sweet’– <I>Sunday Times</I></B><BR/><BR/><B>‘The much loved comic proves adept at noirish fiction in a debut whose surrealist humour sets it apart’ – <I>Observer</I></B><BR/><BR/><B><I>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.</I></B><BR/><BR/> 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 remem