Release date - 2nd November 2017
Book length - 254 pages Publisher - J. Mendel Books Book Depository - www.bookdepository.com Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com I want to thank Chris Chalmers for providing me with a copy of this book for review. ABOUT THE BOOK Dan is the kind of gay man for whom the Noughties might have been named. Warm, witty and serially promiscuous, his heart melts at the sight of a chocolate brown Labrador — but with men, it’s a different matter. He’s thirty-nine and as single as ever, not counting the couple he just met online. An arrangement that looks oddly like it’s going somewhere, until Dan gets fired from his job in advertising. With time out and a payoff in his pocket, summer presents a world of possibilities; just as the memories surface of the ex he blames for the thinly-veiled chaos of his life. From London to Ljubljana, a yen for closure sets Dan on the trail of the man who fed his ego into a shredder. Through an eerie encounter at the home of the Olympiad and a sleepover at the Dutch Embassy, run-ins with a fading porn star and the celestial manifestation of Margaret Thatcher, he ultimately confronts his past. Until, with his Big Four-O rapidly approaching, destiny beckons from where he least expects it. ‘Full of wit, comedy and unflinching honesty … Like reading a gay Nick Hornby. This is clever contemporary fiction at its finest.’ Bleach House Library MY REVIEW DINNER AT THE HAPPY SKELETON by Chris Chalmers is a witty, charming, and honest story of love and friendship, and I enjoyed this book from start to finish. Dan is almost forty, single after a failed relationship that still affects him, and now unemployed when he is made redundant from this advertising job. Happy to float from one sexual encounter to another, Dan isn't looking for a boyfriend anymore, and now that he has some money in his pocket he decides that the world is his oyster and that it is time for some adventure. How much trouble can one man get into after all?? With caring and entertaining characters in the form of Dan's friends, hilarious escapades, and settings that will take your breath away with their distinct descriptions, DINNER AT THE HAPPY SKELETON by Chris Chalmers is a thoroughly unique read that will keep you hooked from the very start. While Dan definitely lives life to the fullest in this story you cannot help but feel that this lovely, caring, man is lonely and I wanted more for him. I wanted him to find that something or someone that would fill his soul with fire and passion. If you want to know if he finds it, you will have to read the book for yourself! DINNER AT THE HAPPY SKELETON by Chris Chalmers will make you laugh out loud, and is the perfect story to brighten up these dark January nights. Author Bio: Chris Chalmers arrived unexpectedly following a Beatles' concert at Southport Floral Hall when his mum was induced by the stomping. His career as a published author began aged six with a poem, Jumbo Jabber, in The Liverpool Echo. The editor, retitling it Elephants Are Our Favourites, gave him a taste of the collaborative process that was to play a major role in his subsequent career in advertising. After many years and a few awards creating campaigns at top London agencies for everything from The Economist to ballet shoes, Chris took the plunge into the world of contemporary fiction. His first published novel, Five To One, is now available with further titles for adults and children to follow. He lives in South-West London with his partner, a quite famous concert pianist. Chris was once the understudy on Mastermind, has travelled to 40 different countries, and swum with iguanas. He's written a diary for 41 years and never missed a night. For more information: Website - www.chrischalmers.net Twitter - twitter.com/CCsw19 Facebook - www.facebook.com/chrischalmersnovelist/ Instagram - www.instagram.com/ccsw19/
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