The Best a Man Can Get

Contemporary Literature & Fiction

Author: John O’Farrell

Michael Adams shares a flat with three other men in their late twenties. Days are spent lying in bed, playing computer games and occasionally doing a bit of work. And then, when he feels like it, he crosses the river and goes back to his unsuspecting wife and children. For Michael is living a double life – he escapes from the exhausting misery of babies by telling his wife….Read More

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