GOOD MATERIAL by Dolly Alderton
Good Material by Dolly Alderton flips the usual sad breakup story by telling it from the guy’s perspective. Andy, a mid-thirties stand-up comedian, has just been broken up with by Jen, his girlfriend of three years, and he’s devastated. With his career stalling, his friends all married off and the love of his life gone, Andy is at loose ends. Good Material tracks the months after the breakup, as Andy tries to put his life back together. Why I picked it up: I bought Good Material in London over Christmas break. I liked Alderton’s last novel, Ghosts, and I think
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