Wallfloweresque

by Alan Devey

Montgomery Sanderson has never been one of life's go-getters. He drifts through a life in London, working at an advertising agency that specialises in bears, reviewing dismal guitar bands for beer money, and wondering if he'll ever master the boy-girl game. Then Monty meets Kathleen, a girl who understands him instantly and seems to wash away the romantic failures of his past. But those same vagaries of fate that bring two people together can also play the cruellest of tricks. Wallfloweresque is a romantic comedy for our times, a contemporary variation on the classic boy meets girl tale set in the early part of our twenty-first century, a time of metrosexuality, protest marches and speed dating. Hilarious and uplifting in equal measure, this is the universal story of a little guy in a big world, bemused by fashion and technology and the behaviour of his friends, hoping for nothing more than someone to share his confusion with. Reading Wallfloweresque you're certain to laugh, to cry, to wonder who'd hire a bear to appear at their wedding. Most of all, you're guaranteed to be entertained in a way only achieved by the best fiction.

312 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2005

About the author

The son of a coal miner and a caterer, Alan Devey grew up working class in the divided England of the 1980s. In 2015, Alan completed a Creative Writing MA at London's Metropolitan University.

He now writes a regular blog on writing and other matters at his website and has self-published seven works of fiction. Alan is a regular presenter for the Comes With MP3s music show on Radio Woking as well as a committee member of the London Comedy Writers group.