Ben is preparing to say goodbye to his girlfriend who is leaving England to teach in Japan. While she is away he will be whiling away the hours for New Labour at Millbank. Tom Bromley's novel is a lively, funny but also poignant look at love, life and long distance relationships
This book guides the reader through a land where the road to hell is paved not with good intentions, but with cobbles. This is a place where all the world is a stage, unless you are a one-day specialist. Where its inhabitants come with a litany of arresting nicknames - Badgers, Cannibals, Eagles, Pirates - each with a wonderful story of their own.