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Written with the characteristic wit and good humour, Leslie Thomas's novel tells the story of a grown man who runs away from home, and the adventures that befall him in his quest for a new lease of life. His latest love affair discovered (thanks to an observant fifteen-year-old daughter who…

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It is a long time since I read a Leslie Thomas and this one did not disappoint it had me laughing out loud need I say more.

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