A delight from start to finish. -- Max Davidson * Mail on Sunday * A refreshingly positive take on middle age, its optimistic, warm-hearted, blokishly moving and written with a masters pin-sharp command of humour a book thats sure to be picked up and revisited time and time again. * Herald Scotland * More than comedy or insight, this work has tenderness It does more than tickle our bellies, it warms our hearts. -- Niamh Donnelly * Irish Times * Brilliantly funny. Heart-warmingly, vulnerably hilarious in fact. Doyle has crafted Charlie Savage with great care and has imbued him with such depth of character that I cant imagine a reader finishing the book without loving him, just a little savour every page because Charlie Savage will enrich your life as long as he is in it. -- Ceire Duggan * RTE Guide * This portrait of an ordinary man (and one clearly past his best) is by turns hilarious and heartfelt. -- Rachel Lloyd * Economist, 1843 * Savage is likeable and bumbling and Doyles voice is spot on for [ this] persona. -- Jane Bradley * Scotsman *
