Half Plus Seven

by Dan Tyte

A lethal cocktail of Bukowski and Mad Men...OCO Mike Williams, Editor "NME"?Unflinching and razor sharp, "Half Plus Seven" will make you wince and chuckle in equal measure, and then itOCOll melt your heart. Rachel TreziseTwenty-nine years old with a less than healthy appetite for booze and a buzz, Bill McDare lived in a messy rented room, sold his soul daily in a PR agency and couldnOCOt remember the name of the last woman he screwed. He was a disappointment to his family but indicative of his generation. That was until a u10 psychic and a hanging cat came along to save him. And her. The one whose name he remembered.A coming of age late tale for generation Y, of sex, drugs and sausage rolls, as a jaded PR man seeks meaning and love in his life with the help of a misfit cast of mystics, tramps, bar flies and copywriters. This is a story of redemption for those who still havenOCOt managed to settle down by the age their parents had a third kid. The ones whoOCOve aged not grown. It's for you if you enjoyed Joshua Ferris' "Then We Came to the End," Ed Parks' "Personal Days," or John Kenney's "The Truth in Advertising.""

145 pages, ebook

First published February 26, 2014

About the author

Dan Tyte’s debut novel HALF PLUS SEVEN- a 'coming-of-age novel snorting with energy' (Daily Mail), ‘a lethal cocktail of Bukowski and Mad Men’ (NME) - was published by Parthian in April 2014. His second novel, THE OFFLINE PROJECT, is published by Graffeg in May 2018. He's performed at Hay Festival, Edinburgh Fringe and co-founded the lit night Pyramid Scheme. He’s written for the Society of Authors magazine The Author and his short story Onwards is taught regularly at the American University of Paris.

Reviews

[Steven · Rating 2 out of 5]

Chick lit for blokes.