Mister Roberts

Above a small village in Spain, an English costume designer sees a bright shining star lurch abruptly across the sky.On Christmas Day a strong, silent man with blank eyes enters Bar Noche Azul.

Only a thirteen year old boy could have guessed that there was any connection between the two.

Wonderfully inventive, darkly funny and thoughtful, MISTER ROBERTS is both an original coming-of-age story and an unusual take on the corrupting influence of power.

“'This is a novel composed of surreal flights of fancy and spot-on comedy.'”

Among the very few comedians to write fiction which can be taken seriously as literature . . . It's also extremely funny. - Independent on Sunday

Hilariously bonkers - Red

Brains, wit and welcome absurdity...there is also a surprising amount of warmth - Guardian

'Ridiculously entertaining' - The Times

'Full of inventive comedy' - Herald

'A deliciously barmy, yet affecting cautionary tale...the considered, pitch-perfect prose of a talented novelist who also happens to have a wildly perverse imagination, and a store of beautifully delivered one-liners.' - Scotsman

Alexei Sayle is a comedian, actor, presenter and writer. His television work as a writer and performer includes The Young Ones, Alexei Sayle's Stuff, and The All New Alexei Sayle Show. He has written regularly for the Observer, Indepedent, Time Out, Car Magazine and Esquire and he has appeared in numerous films, from Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade to Gorky Park and Swing. He recently presented Alexei Salye's Liverpool for BBC 2.

Above a small village in Spain, an English costume designer sees a bright shining star lurch abruptly across the sky.On Christmas Day a strong, silent man with blank eyes enters Bar Noche Azul.Only a thirteen year old boy could have guessed that there was any connection between the two.Wonderfully inventive, darkly funny and thoughtful, MISTER ROBERTS is both an original coming-of-age story and an unusual take on the corrupting influence of power.

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