Book of the Month for April is The Satsuma Complex by Bob Mortimer. Previously read by my husband who described it as ‘very Bob’, it’s actually a fiction debut from Mr Mortimer. If you fancy a funny, mystery from a celebrity author read along with me and have a go at answering the Book Club questions at the end of the month. In the meantime here is a snippet of what you are letting yourself in for:
Satsuma – the blurb
My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To describe me as anonymous would be unfair but to notice me other than in passing would be a rarity. I did make a good connection with a girl, but that blew up in my face and smacked my arse with a fish slice.
Gary Thorn goes for a pint with a work acquaintance called Brendan. When Brendan leaves early, Gary meets a girl in the pub. He doesn’t catch her name, but falls for her anyway. When she suddenly disappears without saying goodbye, all Gary has to remember her by is the book she was reading: The Satsuma Complex. But when Brendan goes missing, Gary needs to track down the girl he now calls Satsuma to get some answers.
And so begins Gary’s quest, through the estates and pie shops of South London, to finally bring some love and excitement into his unremarkable life…
Join Us…
I will be sharing my Big Review of The Satsuma Complex on the last Friday of the month. A series of Book Club questions will also be around for you to answer on the last Thursday. Don’t wait until then though, I would love to know your marks out of ten as soon as you have read it. So grab your copy and read along with me.