Common Decency

Name: Common Decency
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781529397512
Price: 37.99 NZD
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The hilarious, smart debut novel from the beloved comedian - perfect for your next book club read!

By Tom Allen

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It may be quiet in the suburbs, but it's far from peaceful . . .Oak Drive nestles tidily in an unassuming English town. Its uniform gardens overlook a small common and grand oak tree, which the street's residents survey with smug pride. It's a place where... Read More

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Common Decency

$37⁹⁹

**The darkly comic fiction debut from beloved comedian and presenter Tom Allen**

Description

It may be quiet in the suburbs, but it's far from peaceful . . .

Oak Drive nestles tidily in an unassuming English town. Its uniform gardens overlook a small common and grand oak tree, which the street's residents survey with smug pride.

It's a place where it pays to sweat the small stuff. Bins should be placed back in position in a timely fashion, noise kept to a minimum past 9 pm. Sometimes, however, big problems come a calling - and all hell can break loose in sleepy suburbia.

Common Decency chronicles the lives and interactions of these neighbours, as they band together to save their tree from destruction at the hands of developers. As tensions rise and repressed resentments seep out, the secrets of Oak Drive threaten to shatter the well-ordered veneer, revealing some rather more surprising truths. . .

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529397512

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 400g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

With his signature acerbic wit and riotous storytelling, Tom Allen has cemented himself as a household name and star on both stage and screen. He's best known as the hilarious co-host of Cooking with the Stars alongside Emma Willis and is a regular on Bake Off: An Extra Slice.

He's the author of two critically acclaimed memoirs: No Shame, which was a Sunday Times bestseller, and Too Much. Common Decency is his debut novel.

Tom's sold-out Completely tour of 2023 and 2024 was extended multiple times, selling over a hundred and fifty thousand tickets. He co-hosts the hit podcast Like Minded Friends alongside Suzi Ruffell, and can also be seen and heard hosting his brand-new visualised podcast Pottering, where he invites you into his garden for a chat and a stroll, alongside some very special guests.