Working Wonders

Description

An hilarious novel of office life and personal crisis by the bestselling author of LOOKING FOR ANDREW MCCARTHY and AMANDA'S WEDDING. Arthur thinks he's just another ordinary guy of 31, getting up in the morning to face another ordinary day in an ordinary Midlands town. He evades his girlfriend Fay's latest hints about commitment and babies to leave for work at the council offices, where today, at the latest crazy whim of management, he's expected to reapply for his job as town planner. But, hey, today there's something different about Arthur. Why can't he shake off that strange dream about horses he had last night? And why does the ridiculous psychology test he's given to do appear to be sending him arcane messages? And who really is Gwyneth, the beautiful martinet of a management consultant in charge of the whole charade? Nothing is quite as it seems -- and that includes Arthur. In the course of a short day he defenestrates a photocopier, wrestles his Lynx-scented boss Ross for his job, faces up to Fay -- that is he evades her questions once too often -- and is given a secret mission that will change the life of himself and his motley team (which includes a smelly dog called Sandwiches). England (well, Coventry at least) needs Arthur -- but who or what does Arthur need?

Jenny Colgan was born in 1971 in Ayrshire. After Edinburgh University, she worked for six years in the health service, moonlighting as a cartoonist and a stand-up comic. She is now working on her fourth novel, and a TV series.

'What really sets Jenny apart... is this: she is very, very funny' Express 'Compulsively comical' Cosmpolitan (of Amanda's Wedding