A successful sitcom writer with plenty of money, a stable marraige, a platonic mistress and a flash car, Laurence 'Tubby' Passmore has more reason than most to be happy. Yet neither physiotherapy nor aromatherapy, cognitive-behaviour therapy or acupuncture can cure his puzzling knee pain or his equally inexplicable mid-life angst. As Tubby's life fragments under the weight of his self-obsession, he embarks - via Kierkegaard, strange beds from Rummidge to Tenerife to Beverly Hills, a fit of literary integrity and memories ...
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A successful sitcom writer with plenty of money, a stable marraige, a platonic mistress and a flash car, Laurence 'Tubby' Passmore has more reason than most to be happy. Yet neither physiotherapy nor aromatherapy, cognitive-behaviour therapy or acupuncture can cure his puzzling knee pain or his equally inexplicable mid-life angst. As Tubby's life fragments under the weight of his self-obsession, he embarks - via Kierkegaard, strange beds from Rummidge to Tenerife to Beverly Hills, a fit of literary integrity and memories of his 1950s South London boyhood - on a picaresque quest for his lost contentment.
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Seller's Description:
Fair. Acceptable-There is marking, creasing, discolouration and some tears on cover. Pages are tanned, and contain some creases and marks. Indentations on front cover from writing on top of book.
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Near fine in Near fine jacket. Near fine condition. Secker & Warburg, 1995. First UK edition-first printing. Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages as new with a small nick and light shelf wear on the outer edges, small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first page of the book. Nice and clean book.321pp. Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: To all appearances, Laurence Passmore is sitting pretty. True, he's almost bald and nicknamed Tubby, but the TV sitcom he writes keeps the money flowing in, and he has every other material comfort; but what the money can't buy, and what his many therapists can't deliver, is contentment.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. -First Edition-Signed-Covers slightly worn w/ small white mark to spine near head-Edges of text block lightly toned-Dustwrapper a little rubbed and spine slightly faded-Book ow/ solid, clean and bright in untorn wrapper-321 pages. 8vo. In Very Good Dustwrapper.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Damaged cover. The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner.
