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A Year in the Life of Some Guy
Tim Calgon wants to improve three things; his love life, his job and the size of little TimmyJr. (Ok, maybe he can’t change the latter).Tim’s next twelve months take various twists and turns, as we follow his quest for tantric happiness, job satisfaction and sexual enlightenment.His search for a life partner is potentially ended by a chance meeting in the pub (though Tim was smashed and nearly messed it up). Karen, a local NHS nurse, takes to Tim like no-one else ever has, and soon becomes heavily involved in his life. Tim works at an estate agency, 'Mi Casa es Tu Casa', run by a fat wench known as ‘The Gaffer’. Tim wants out, and is randomly touted as a potential director of a leading housing agency by its eccentric billionaire owner, Mike Hunt. Tim must complete three tasks to prove his worth.Together with Garth, Tim's desperately homosexual Glaswegian flatmate, A Year In The Life Of Some Guy depicts the ecstatic highs and suicidal lows of their next twelve months. Try not to soil yourself with laughter. Tim did.
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First published October 1, 2011
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Oliver Ross
47 books48 followersOn the 19th November 1984, Oliver Ross was born into a loving family from Leeds. Mollycoddled and spoilt ever since he left the womb, Oliver has always managed to live outside his means and get everyone else to do things for him.
Domestically inept and a first-class hypochondriac, Oliver somehow managed to spend four years away from his Mother and graduated with a BA Hons in Spanish & Portuguese from Nottingham University in 2008. Oliver now lives and works back in Leeds.
He is still single.
Domestically inept and a first-class hypochondriac, Oliver somehow managed to spend four years away from his Mother and graduated with a BA Hons in Spanish & Portuguese from Nottingham University in 2008. Oliver now lives and works back in Leeds.
He is still single.
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March 7, 2013
'A Year in the Life of Some Guy' is an enjoyable, witty and well-observed novel about the everyday trials and tribulations of life as a thirty-something single male. The characters are well-rounded individuals with real personalities, annoying habits and foibles, providing the reader with a stark dose of realism and some wonderful laugh out loud moments.
Tim Calgon's next twelve months take various twists and turns, as we follow his quest for tantric happiness, job satisfaction and sexual enlightenment. Tim's ordinary humdrum life takes an unusual twist with the chance meeting of an old schoolfriend; a meeting that has the potential to change his life forever. The interview process, however, is far from conventional. Will Tim rise to the challenge? Together with Garth, Tim's desperately homosexual Glaswegian flatmate, 'A Year In The Life Of Some Guy' depicts the ecstatic highs and suicidal lows of their next twelve months. A hilarious concoction of Bridget Jones, Adrian Mole and The InBetweeners.
Tim Calgon's next twelve months take various twists and turns, as we follow his quest for tantric happiness, job satisfaction and sexual enlightenment. Tim's ordinary humdrum life takes an unusual twist with the chance meeting of an old schoolfriend; a meeting that has the potential to change his life forever. The interview process, however, is far from conventional. Will Tim rise to the challenge? Together with Garth, Tim's desperately homosexual Glaswegian flatmate, 'A Year In The Life Of Some Guy' depicts the ecstatic highs and suicidal lows of their next twelve months. A hilarious concoction of Bridget Jones, Adrian Mole and The InBetweeners.
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