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The Confessions of a Deliveryman
Hidden in the villages and towns of England reside eccentric characters of all types: sex-starved housewives, retired comedians, foul-mouthed parrots, monosyllabic children, troublesome students, even a wife-swapper or two!
Twenty two hilarious stories from the world of home delivery taken from Lee's popular The Deliveryman Diaries Blog.
Twenty two hilarious stories from the world of home delivery taken from Lee's popular The Deliveryman Diaries Blog.
148 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 11, 2011
About the author
Lee Ball
7 books2 followersLee is a native of Walkden, Manchester and currently has two novels on the market. His first, The Confessions of a Deliveryman, has been in and out of the top fifty humour books for the past two years and occasionally features in the top ten. His second novel, Echo of Death, was released in April 2013.
When Donald Mason, a notorious drunk, walks into a London police station claiming to have seen an actress long believed dead, it's only the beginning of Inspector Sladek's problems. Haunted by the suicide of a vulnerable young woman and only a few weeks from his retirement, Sladek is reluctant to listen to the rantings of the one time actor. But when two friends of Mason are butchered and it looks like he is responsible, the inspector has little choice but to investigate. It isn't long before Sladek realises that Mason is innocent and that powerful figures in government and beyond are going to great lengths to hinder his own investigation.
Are Mason's claims that Dorothy Kite is still alive, true? And if so, is it really connected to the SAS led Oman coup of the early seventies? From London to the finale of the Edinburgh Festival, Sladek is racing against time to save Mason from ruthless assassins and from his own demons.
Although Echo of Death is a contemporary thriller it is inspired by real events. On 23 July 1970, Said bin Taimur was deposed and replaced by his son, Qaboos bin Said. The British involvement in the coup is now well documented but at the time, Edward Heath, the then prime minister, said it was a story never to be told in his lifetime. Qaboos bin Said remains in power to this day.
EOD also introduces Lenny Sladek, a second generation pole police inspector based in London.
When Donald Mason, a notorious drunk, walks into a London police station claiming to have seen an actress long believed dead, it's only the beginning of Inspector Sladek's problems. Haunted by the suicide of a vulnerable young woman and only a few weeks from his retirement, Sladek is reluctant to listen to the rantings of the one time actor. But when two friends of Mason are butchered and it looks like he is responsible, the inspector has little choice but to investigate. It isn't long before Sladek realises that Mason is innocent and that powerful figures in government and beyond are going to great lengths to hinder his own investigation.
Are Mason's claims that Dorothy Kite is still alive, true? And if so, is it really connected to the SAS led Oman coup of the early seventies? From London to the finale of the Edinburgh Festival, Sladek is racing against time to save Mason from ruthless assassins and from his own demons.
Although Echo of Death is a contemporary thriller it is inspired by real events. On 23 July 1970, Said bin Taimur was deposed and replaced by his son, Qaboos bin Said. The British involvement in the coup is now well documented but at the time, Edward Heath, the then prime minister, said it was a story never to be told in his lifetime. Qaboos bin Said remains in power to this day.
EOD also introduces Lenny Sladek, a second generation pole police inspector based in London.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
August 7, 2012
I am being generous giving this 2 star . It gets it because although a childish very badly written book there are some humorous bits.
The author is a deliveryman and writes a chapter on so called customers. Each chapter is a short boring pathetic in most cases story .
He mentions in the book how he talks to his customers about his desire to write. This is something he should never have done. He gives the impression that he is a budding author. To be honest I struggled to read this in the hope it would get better but I was sadly wrong.
The book had no real storyline, just a collection of short stories about his customers. The last chapter finished and that was it . There was no proper end to the book.
Most teenagers could have wrote better.
It was a complete waste of time reading this.
Do yourself a favour if you see this book, pass it by it is not worth reading.
When you read it you will wish there was some sort of standard to reach to stop rubbish like this being published .
The author is a deliveryman and writes a chapter on so called customers. Each chapter is a short boring pathetic in most cases story .
He mentions in the book how he talks to his customers about his desire to write. This is something he should never have done. He gives the impression that he is a budding author. To be honest I struggled to read this in the hope it would get better but I was sadly wrong.
The book had no real storyline, just a collection of short stories about his customers. The last chapter finished and that was it . There was no proper end to the book.
Most teenagers could have wrote better.
It was a complete waste of time reading this.
Do yourself a favour if you see this book, pass it by it is not worth reading.
When you read it you will wish there was some sort of standard to reach to stop rubbish like this being published .
April 21, 2013
Nearly laughed out loud on the bus!!
September 6, 2014
I found it's very entertain and enlightening as I don't often think of the awkward situations delivery men have to find themselves in to do their job. A funny read a my only criticism is it's too short. X
September 30, 2013
yawn, i thought this was going to be full of funny anecdotes but it wasn't
November 17, 2013
it was an ok book, nothing more that few weird stories about delivery s. few are amusing but most are a little boring
May 7, 2015
Definitely not my favourite book however there are some amusing tales to be read and for an easy quick read it's not bad
April 19, 2016
Great
A really good read. I'd highly recommend this book, very funny. I couldn't put it down, so hilarious. Everyone will love it.
A really good read. I'd highly recommend this book, very funny. I couldn't put it down, so hilarious. Everyone will love it.
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews