WINNER OF THEamp160BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2023THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER amp160amplsquoFunny clever and sweetamprsquoampndashamp160Sunday TimesamplsquoThe much loved comic proves adept at noirish fiction in a debut whose surrealist humour sets it apartamprsquo ampndashamp160ObserverMy name is Gary. Iamprsquom a thirtyyearold 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 doesnamprsquot 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 readingamp160The Satsuma Complex.amp160But when Brendan goes missing Gary needs to track down the girl he now calls Satsuma to get some answers. And so begins Garyamprsquos quest through the estates and pie shops of South London to finally bring some love and excitement into his unremarkable lifeamphellipA pageturning story with a cast of unforgettable charactersamp160The Satsuma Complexamp160is the brilliantly funny smash hit first novel by bestselling author and comedian Bob Mortimer. amp160