Happy Now

All his life Tom Kendall had lived as quietly and normally as possible, but somehow he gave people the creeps. When Tom discovers Will's diary, he decides to adopt the same quest for happiness. Tom has problems of his own—a difficult temper, problems with his girlfriend, and an overwhelming sense of powerlessness. Perhaps Will's diary holds the key?

THE LIST

HAPPY NOW is written with a chilling perception. Settle down on the sofa with this one, but make sure you've locked the back door first―TIME OUT an off-beat, atmospheric novel with an underlying, quite subtle wit... Higson's a genius―MIRROR This is Iain Banks-ish territory, without the SF, but with the incest and the blood. Higson can build up a tense, nifty plot, and has the kind of ear for middle-England angst that more established writers should be jealous of.―Nicholas Lezard, GQ Higson manages to balance the extremely anti-social and mentally unstable characters with a very dark wit, so it's not only the macabre details which make this such compelling reading.

About the Author

Charles Higson is writer, producer and performer on the hit BBC comedy THE FAST SHOW. He has also worked as a writer for Harry Enfield and a producer for Reeves and Mortimer as well as being the singer in a band, The Higsons, in the early eighties.

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