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A comic masterpiece by the author of ONE DAY and YOU ARE HERE
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'Wonderfully chaotic' THE TIMES 'A funky, less-fluffy-than-funny rom com' METRO 'Brilliant' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'It could hold its own against a Richard Curtis script' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'A zippy comedy . . . irresistible' DAILY MAIL For Josh Harper, being in show-business means everything he ever wanted:...
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A scintillating comedy of ambition, celebrity, jealousy and love.
The second novel by beloved bestselling author David Nicholls.
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'Wonderfully chaotic'
THE TIMES
'A funky, less-fluffy-than-funny rom com'
METRO
'Brilliant'
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'It could hold its own against a Richard Curtis script'
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
'A zippy comedy . . . irresistible'
DAILY MAIL
For Josh Harper, being in show-business means everything he ever wanted: money, fame, a beautiful wife and a lead role on the London stage. For Stephen C. McQueen, it means a disastrous career playing passers-by and dead people.
Stephen is stuck with an unfortunate name, a hopeless agent, a daughter he barely knows and a job as understudy to Josh Harper, the 12th Sexiest Man in the World. And when Stephen falls in love with Josh's clever, funny wife, Nora, things get even more difficult.
But might there yet be a way for Stephen to get his big break?
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781399765190
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Sceptre
Illustration: n/a
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 32.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 298g
Pages: 432
About the Author
David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Starter for Ten, The Understudy, One Day, Us, Sweet Sorrow and You Are Here. One Day was published in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim: translated into 40 languages, it became a global bestseller, selling millions of copies worldwide. His fourth novel, Us, was long-listed for the Booker Prize for Fiction. His latest novel, You Are Here, was an instant Sunday Times number one bestseller on publication.
On screen, David has written adaptations of Far from the Madding Crowd, When Did You Last See Your Father? and Great Expectations, as well as of his own novels, Starter for Ten, One Day and Us. His adaptation of Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was nominated for an Emmy and won him a BAFTA for best writer. The Netflix adaptation of One Day was executive-produced by David.Also by David Nicholls
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