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  • Diary of a Somebody

  • By: Brian Bilston
  • Narrated by: Ben Miller
  • Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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Diary of a Somebody

By: Brian Bilston
Narrated by: Ben Miller
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Publisher's summary

Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.

Part tender love story, part murder mystery, part hilarious description of a wasted life and interspersed with some of the funniest poems about the mundane and the profound, Diary of a Somebody is a stunningly original novel from Twitter sensation, Brian Bilston.

It’s January 1st and Brian Bilston is convinced that this year, his New Year’s resolution will change his life. Every day for a year, he will write a poem. It’s quite simple. Brian’s life certainly needs improving. His ex-wife has taken up with a new man, he seems to constantly disappoint his long-suffering son and at work he is drowning in a sea of spreadsheets and management jargon. So poetry will be his salvation.

But there is an obstacle in the form of Toby Salt, his arch nemesis at Poetry Club and rival suitor to Liz, Brian’s new poetic inspiration. When Toby goes missing, just after the announcement of the publication of his first collection, This Bridge No Hands Shall Cleave, Brian becomes the number one suspect. If he is to regain his reputation and to have a chance of winning Liz, he must find out what has happened to Toby before it is too late.

©2019 Brian Bilston (P)2019 Macmillan Publishers International Ltd
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Thoroughly enjoyable!

Wordplay at its best. I have never wanted to read a book more after having listened to it. I feel the narrator, Ben Miller, must have had an extraordinary time of reading this (and sometimes even singing it). Bravo for a fun listen. I will be looking for more.

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