'A wonderfully funny novel.' - The Daily Mirror
'Seriously funny.' - Victoria Glendinning, Daily Telegraph.
'Witty, readable satire... comparisons with Waugh are looking increasingly apt.' - Esquire
Adam Gosse, Belgian-born but England-raised, is to be best man at an aristocratic wedding in France. Envious of the groom, disappointed in his career, lonely in a flat that is at once cramped and cruelly expensive, Adam's fondest wish is that he might meet a woman, love her, and marry. Thanks to the bride and groom, a match is made between Adam and Natalie - the most celebrated person within the perimeter of Adam's wide social circle. Famed for what Adam considers superficial reasons - exotic parentage, great beauty, a way of making herself appear to be the center of any gathering - Natalie is not someone he expects to take him seriously.
She does. To Adam's astonishment Natalie latches on to him as if he were the only sane man she had ever known. Drawn immediately into a marathon of European travel in Natalie's company, Adam feels alternately like her chauffeur and her fiance. In a short space of time he tastes tabloid fame, rubs shoulders with what the world has come to think of as the New Aristocracy, becomes the envy of those who had seemed to tower above him only days before. The decision is his: he has played along in all sincerity, but how far is Adam willing to go?
Adam's Wish is the stylishly told story of one proud young man's encounter with his dreams Paul Micou's fast-growing audience will relish every page.
'Micou is one of the few authors we possess who consistently produces intelligent and sophisticated comedy for grown-ups. We should treasure him.' - Marie Claire.
'Acutely observed, romantic and funny, a sort of Two Weddings and No Funeral.' - The Observer
'Truly funny with a range of brilliantly comic creations... ' - Sunday Times
Genre: Literary Fiction
'Seriously funny.' - Victoria Glendinning, Daily Telegraph.
'Witty, readable satire... comparisons with Waugh are looking increasingly apt.' - Esquire
Adam Gosse, Belgian-born but England-raised, is to be best man at an aristocratic wedding in France. Envious of the groom, disappointed in his career, lonely in a flat that is at once cramped and cruelly expensive, Adam's fondest wish is that he might meet a woman, love her, and marry. Thanks to the bride and groom, a match is made between Adam and Natalie - the most celebrated person within the perimeter of Adam's wide social circle. Famed for what Adam considers superficial reasons - exotic parentage, great beauty, a way of making herself appear to be the center of any gathering - Natalie is not someone he expects to take him seriously.
She does. To Adam's astonishment Natalie latches on to him as if he were the only sane man she had ever known. Drawn immediately into a marathon of European travel in Natalie's company, Adam feels alternately like her chauffeur and her fiance. In a short space of time he tastes tabloid fame, rubs shoulders with what the world has come to think of as the New Aristocracy, becomes the envy of those who had seemed to tower above him only days before. The decision is his: he has played along in all sincerity, but how far is Adam willing to go?
Adam's Wish is the stylishly told story of one proud young man's encounter with his dreams Paul Micou's fast-growing audience will relish every page.
'Micou is one of the few authors we possess who consistently produces intelligent and sophisticated comedy for grown-ups. We should treasure him.' - Marie Claire.
'Acutely observed, romantic and funny, a sort of Two Weddings and No Funeral.' - The Observer
'Truly funny with a range of brilliantly comic creations... ' - Sunday Times
Genre: Literary Fiction
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