Summer Things

Howard's getting it in the neck at home. Dotty isn't getting any at all. And Norman's getting it at work - from the girl under his desk.

What they need is a holiday to let off a bit of steam. And steam is just what they get. As couples of varied ages, class and income set up their deckchairs on the beach, the scene is set for a few crossed wires, a wave of embarrassment and a lot of sand between the sheets.

Sun, sea, sex, squabbling: Joseph Connolly's bestselling novel goes straight to the secret heart of that sticky farce of lust and snobbery: the British seaside.

“'This is not a book about love, but a book about illicit, breathless, self-absorbed couplings and that kind of panic-ridden snobbery so dear to the English middle-class mentality, all described with gusto and distaste' Literary Review.”

'The author has seen the world of human misery in a grain of seaside sand and his title is deeply, bleakly ironic ... Viciously funny' Daily Telegraph. Daily Telegraph
Literary Review
'Connolly has established himself as a very English comic author, in the tradition of P.G. Wodehouse' The Times. The Times

Joseph Connolly is the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling writer of eleven novels, as well as eleven works of non-fiction. He lives in London.

Joseph Connolly's bestselling novel goes straight to the secret heart of that sticky promenade of lust, adultery and snobbery: the British seaside. Casting aside rose-tinted sunglasses, he undresses the foibles and fears of the middle classes in a riot of one-upmanship, lechery and deceit. Summer Things is a novel that slips from one set of startling mishaps to another as easily as melting ice-cream from its cone. Surprising, irreverent and hilarious, this new edition of Summer Things brings one of Connolly's best-loved novels to a new generation.

Howard's getting it in the neck at home. Dotty isn't getting any at all. And Norman's getting it at work - from the girl under his desk. What they need is a holiday to let off a bit of steam. And steam is just what they get. As couples of varied ages, class and income set up their deckchairs on the beach, the scene is set for a few crossed wires, a wave of embarrassment and a lot of sand between the sheets. Sun, sea, sex, squabbling: Joseph Connolly's bestselling novel goes straight to the secret heart of that sticky farce of lust and snobbery: the British seaside.

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