To my shame it had been a while since I had read a Mike Gayle book so when I took The Importance of Being a Batchelor from my shelf I was looking forward to the read and was not disappointed. Funny, engaging, Mike Gayle as ever pulls you into the lives and situations of the Batchelor family.
The Bachelors aren't great at married - getting or staying. From the romantic to the cad, they manage to mess things up with great comic effect.
Another English book, that was okay but I just couldn't connect with the characters. I wanted to shake the brothers because all 3 acted like they were in their 20's not 30's.
Mike Gayle's books are the literary equivalent of a box of Maltesers: light, easily consumed and you always fancy just one more chapter before you stop. With this one I found myself staying up late to find out what would happen next.
What can you say? Well for one Its Mike Gayle and true to form Mike never lets you down.
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Thank you
Debs.
Not Gayle's best,for sure.
Wat een draak van een boek. Waar Mike Gayle ooit leuk, nieuw en verfrissend was met een soort chick-lit maar dan vanuit het mannelijk perspectief (vooral My Legendary Girlfriend was goed) is hij met dit boek afgezakt naar het niveau bestaand uit cliches, voorspelbaarheid en saaiheid.
THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEING A BACHELOR
Author: Mike Gayle
A Book Review
Three grown men living in Manchester; brothers Adam, Luke and Russell Bachelor deal with the dilemma of their parents, George and Joan Bachelor, splitting up after forty years of marriage.
Question: Why a divorce after forty years?
