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Mark Barrowcliffe
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Infidelity for First-time Fathers |
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English |
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Paperback |
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416 |
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2002-06-24 |
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0747268150 |
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0.4 pounds |
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7.68 x 5.04 x 0.98 inches |
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New edition |
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Amazon Review
Mark Barrowcliffe's second novel, Infidelity for First-time Fathers, is a warm, witty and worrying insight into the sexual trials and emotional travails of the debutante dad. The hero is Dag, a thirtysomething Londoner. His dilemma, and the dynamic tension of the book, lies in the fact that he has managed to impregnate his long-term fiancée at the same time as landing a dreamy new mistress--a choice that Dag characteristically boils down to a decision between the mumsy, familiar breasts of his partner Andrea ("like a couple of old mates"), and the uppity, pert little pair (her "irreverant, cheeky, staying-out-late tits") possessed by his bit-on-the-side, the sultry Cat. Dag's route to a resolution of this psychosexual conflict, symptomatic of his larger confusion and the confusion of so many men down the ages, leads him into some wacky and farcical waters. A shooting, a beating, a trip to Wembley Park Movotel and lots of oddly-named biscuits: he finds himself in a position he or the reader would never have predicted. The style, as with Barrowcliffe's first book, Girlfriend 44, is pithy, amusing and mildly cynical. There are plenty of excellent one-liners, some annoying but funny running jokes (those biscuits) and a cast of agreeably eccentric characters. --Sean Thomas
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