Perfect for mid-30’s mid-life crisis types ★★★★★ - July 2001 www.wilnet.co.uk - By Wil Walker - July 4th, 2001

As part of the tale, Stewart Lee informs (or possibly reminds) us of an ancient American Indian legend which describes “a beautiful ugly monster”. It’s a fitting description too, for a book which deals both with eternal high concepts and everyday base minutiae, blending them into a story-line which draws together Hollywood style landscapes and…

Previews - July 2001 Various - July 1st, 2001

Various people were kind enough to road test The Perfect Fool for me. Here’s what they said. “The kind of satisfaction the book gave did cause me to reminisce: A Confederacy of Dunces, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, All My Friends Are Going to be Strangers, The Mysterious Stranger. In particular, a book I…

Book Of the Month - July 2001 Men Only - July 1st, 2001

Like Jesus I must take my message to sinners, thieves, prostitutes and tax gatherers, for there is more rejoicing in heaven over the return of one sheep that was lost etc. The July 2001 edition of Men Only magazine, which ironically features mainly pictures of women’s legs, arms, faces, breasts and vaginas, carried this favorable…

Passably amusing & some of the characters are British - July 2001 Loaded - By Chris Burke - July 1st, 2001

“The bloke who was half of Lee and Herring and This Morning With Richard Not Judy takes us on a passably amusing journey from South London to Arizona in the company of misfits that include an ex-porn queen and a bloke in a Dire Straits covers band called the Sultans of Streatham. It’s an original…

The Perfect Fool - July 2001 Time Out - By Omer Ali - July 1st, 2001

Sadly, TV Critic Omer Ali at Time Out, who is clearly a fan of sorts, wanted to like The Perfect Fool but found himself too compelled to compare it unfavourably to Killing Paparazzi by Robert M Eversz, and we must respect him for this. I think I can pull “excellent … especially good” out of…

Odd cast of characters works in debut novel - July 2001 Local Press Roundup - July 1st, 2001

This review uses a press release I told 4th Estate not to send out, which they agreed not to do, and an original final line, added by the writer. Presumably there is some deal whereby it gets run in loads of local papers. The final line is sub-edited differently in different papers. The Western Morning…