The Long Shoe

THE BRAND-NEW BOOK FOR 2025 BY 2 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR BOB MORTIMER.

Matt had been happily drifting through life, but recently, he lost his job as a bathroom salesman, and the tenancy on his home is about to expire. To top it all off, he wakes up one day to find his partner Harriet has left him. He’s hoping for a change of luck when, out of the blue, he is offered a job that comes with a cheap luxury flat in Harriet’s favourite building, Satsuma Heights. He hopes this might be enough to tempt her back.

Is she just taking a break, or is something far more sinister occurring? What’s his new job really about? And could the purchase of a very long shoe improve his situation?

With the help of a Yorkshire gangster, a luxury bathtub, his cat Goodmonsun, and a yoga guru, Matt sets out to find some answers to these questions. In the process, maybe he’ll find out more about what he wants from his life.

Fuelled by beer, soft boiled eggs, and loneliness, The Long Shoe is a tour de force and Bob Mortimer’s most thrilling adventure to date.

Praise for Bob Mortimer:

'As a comedian, Bob Mortimer spins a shaggy-dog story like nobody else' The Guardian

‘The much loved comic proves adept at noirish fiction in a debut whose surrealist humour sets it apart’ – Observer

‘Mortimer’s verbal specificity and off-kilter humour will keep his fans chuckling’ The Times

'There is a sweetness to his worldview that makes his writing gently poignant... Like Spike Milligan, the only vintage comic whose fiction is still read, Mortimer has managed to use a novel as a vehicle for his distinctive comedic voice' The Telegraph