My Legendary Girlfriend

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So much so, in fact, that it left us momentarily speechless, as indeed did the uncomfortable awkwardness that it had provoked for reasons we were maybe not quite as amenable to the idea of expressing as Jarvis Cocker and company, and most importantly the overall unexpected fabulousness of the song itself. Mike Gayle, previously a contributor to FHM and Just Seventeen magazines has dipped his pen in the inkpot of universal experience and written a comic novel underpinned by rejection and the ripples (or tidal waves) it continues to produce for years afterwards. I just wanna, I just wanna, you don't understand, it's not like that anymore, please, please, I just wanna, I just wanna.

Well, we weren’t going to find out just yet, because they didn’t do My Legendary Girlfriend in this session. I’ve been a huge fan of Mike Gayle’s books ever since reading All the Lonely People - yes, I know I was late to the party - so I couldn’t wait to finally read the book that started it all. The way it's written and the way things are phrased really appeals to me, and it helps me in my own writing by allowing me to see how syntax and a turn of phrase can welcome one audience and alienate another. When you feel low, it’s all too easy to sink even deeper, and Will Kelly, the protagonist of My Legendary Girlfriend, has just about reached rock bottom. A minha vida era assim: muito daquilo que eu não queria e uma sede permanente das coisas que o meu coração mais desejava.I mean I know people can hold a torch for people they loved but it was a bit overkill for me that he hadn’t yet moved on.

It's been three years and he still hasn't gotten over the day his ex-girlfriend Aggi dumped him - on his 23rd birthday - without rhyme or reason. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. Still, if my debut had been as good as this, you wouldn’t have been able to beat the smugness out of me with a crowbar. Since those early days Mike has written for a variety of publications including The Sunday Times, The Guardian and Cosmopolitan.

But I reckon the reason why I enjoyed this book was because it actually felt like a slice of authentic life,even down to the smallest mundane details. My books blend black humour with light horror, crossing genres with ordinary characters dealing with extraordinary circumstances.