Book description
'A comic tour de force,' - Independent. 'One of our funniest writers,' - BBC Comedy.In 1898 Lester Mayfield was sentenced to 120 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
It is now 2025. Lester is about to be released.
He's 145 years old.
And he's angry.
When new…
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1 author picked Old Man Out as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
It’s a tribute to Julian Dutton’s way with words and characters that the reader immediately accepts its crazy premise, and is plunged into the extraordinary world of 145-year-old Lester Mayfield. Despite his age, Lester is out for revenge. The book is funny from page one, and the inventive humour never flags. Not that I would expect anything less from writer, actor, comedian and impressionist (have I missed out anything?) Dutton, who surely knows his craft. The plot bowls merrily along in a madcap fashion, introducing us to a colourful cast and taking the occasional pop at the absurdities of modern…
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