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The Man I Think I Know: A feel-good, uplifting story of the most unlikely friendship
Mike Gayle
Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Trade Paperback Apr 24, 2018 | 9781473609006 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Jun 14, 2018 | 9781473608993 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 19, 2018 | 9781473609532 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 8, 2018 | 9781473608979 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Hodder Paperbacks
- Trade Paperback Apr 24, 2018 | 9781473609006 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Jun 14, 2018 | 9781473608993 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 19, 2018 | 9781473609532 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 8, 2018 | 9781473608979 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Trade Paperback Apr 24, 2018 | 9781473609006 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Jun 14, 2018 | 9781473608993 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 19, 2018 | 9781473609532 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 8, 2018 | 9781473608979 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Trade Paperback Apr 24, 2018 | 9781473609006 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Paperback Jun 14, 2018 | 9781473608993 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 19, 2018 | 9781473609532 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 8, 2018 | 9781473608979 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Some people just look destined for great things. And sometimes, life has other ideas.
Whatever happens to those kids at school who are always being tipped to be stars in adult life?
It's a question all of us find ourselves asking at some time and Mike Gayle's powerful, poignant novel answers it with regard to Danny Morgan and James McManus - rivals for top honours in everything throughout their school years in Birmingham.
Whatever their friends and teachers might have expected, neither Danny nor James is currently running the country.
Depressed and unemployed, Danny is facing an ultimatum from his girlfriend Maya: if he doesn't get out and get a job, she's leaving.
It was an accident that changed James's life and now he is looked after affectionately by his parents. But his sister Martha believes that the role of full-time carers is destroying their lives - and infantilising her brother.
She suggests that James should go into a respite home while her parents take a break.
The respite home, as it turns out, where Danny has just got a job.
What is the path that has brought these two people to this unexpected place, and where will it take them next?
Glory Days is the story of Danny and James, but also of the families who love them and of the women they love. It is a story of many surprising twists, by turns funny and sad, painful and uplifting, and marks a brilliant new stage in the writing career of one of Britain's favourite novelists.
Praise for The Man I Think I Know: A feel-good, uplifting story of the most unlikely friendship
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A delightfully easy and poignant read. - Closer
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The Hope Family Calendar is the most heart-wrenching novel I've read this year...With a style similar to David Nicholls, Gayle's writing is incisive, lyrical and very beautiful...It's impossible not to fall in love with the Hope family. - Irish Independent
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Gayle writes with such warmth and wisdom about the human condition, at the same time creating a page-turner in this charming family tale which centres so movingly around unbearable loss...I highly recommend this novel - I know it will stay with me for a long time.
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An emotional and surprisingly funny story you'll want to read in one sitting. - Fabulous
Mike Gayle
MIKE GAYLE was born and raised in,Birmingham. After graduating from Salford University with a degree in Sociology, he moved to London to pursue a career in journalism and worked as a features editor and agony uncle. He has written for a variety of publications including The Sunday Times, the Guardian and Cosmopolitan.
Mike became a full-time novelist in 1997 following the publication of his Sunday Times top ten bestseller My Legendary Girlfriend, which was hailed by the Independent as 'full of belly laughs and painfully acute observations', and by The Times as 'a funny, frank account of a hopeless romantic'. Since then he has written eighteen novels, including The Man I Think I Know, selected as a World Book Night title, and Half A World Away, selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages. In 2021, Mike was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association.
He lives in Birmingham with his wife, kids and greyhound.
You can find him online at mikegayle.co.uk and on Twitter @mikegayle.
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