Mr Phillips by John Lanchester

Mr Phillips

John Lanchester

At first this book seems to be nothing but the sexual fantasies of a middle-aged, newly redundant man - but persevere, it does get better and by the end you will have warmed to Mr Phillips.

Extract
Standing and looking at the pictures, Mr Phillips has a vision of himself beside a swimming pool somewhere hot. At his right side, a cold drink beaded with sweat and icy to the touch. At his left, Karen the secretary, face down, in a leopard print bikini, tiny volcanic irregularities of smoochable cellulite crawling under her bikini bottoms ...

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