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Mike Gayle (born October 1970) is an English journalist and novelist. Biography Gayle was born in Quinton, Birmingham, to parents from Jamaica, and is the younger brother of broadcaster Phil Gayle. He attended Lordswood Boys' School where he was Head Boy. He studied Sociology and Journalism at university. Gayle edited a music fanzine and joined a Birmingham listings magazine before moving to London and beginning a postgraduate diploma in journalism. Before having his first novel published, he was a features editor and later an agony aunt for Just Seventeen and Bliss. As a freelance journalist he has written for the Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Times, the Daily Express, FHM, More!, The Scotsman and Top of the Pops. Gayle is a chick-lit author, although he has expressed a dislike for the term. Alongside Tony Parsons and Tim Lott, he has also been associated with a "new wave of fictions about inadequate young British masculinities". Gayle is friends with Danny Wallace, who has dubbed Mike his Minister of Home Affairs in the Kingdom of Lovely. He lives in Harborne with his daughters and his wife Claire. Novels My Legendary Girlfriend. London: Flame, 1998. ISBN 0-340-71816-1 Mr. Commitment. London: Flame, 1999. ISBN 0-340-71825-0 Turning Thirty. London: Flame, 2000. ISBN 0-340-76794-4 Dinner for Two. London: Flame, 2002. ISBN 0-340-82342-9 His 'n' Hers, 2004. ISBN 0-340-82537-5 Brand New Friend, 2005. ISBN 0-340-82539-1 Wish You Were Here, 2007. ISBN 0-340-82542-1 The Life & Soul of the Party, 2008. ISBN 0-340-82544-8 The To Do List, 2009. ISBN 0-340-93675-4 The Importance of Being a Bachelor, 2010. ISBN 0-340-91851-9 The Stag and Hen Weekend, 2012. ISBN 1444742825 Turning Forty, 2013. ISBN 978-0-340-91853-1 Seeing Other People, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4447-0863-9 The Hope Family Calendar, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4736-0895-5 The Man I Think I Know, 2018. ISBN 978-1-473-60899-3 Half a world away, 2019. ISBN 978-1-473-68733-2 All The Lonely People, 2020. References External links Official website MySpace page Mike Gayle interview . Discover the Mike Gayle popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Mike Gayle books.

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  • The Trouble with Keeping Mum synopsis, comments

    The Trouble with Keeping Mum

    Rosie Wallace

    When Annie finds out she's pregnant, aged 44, it comes as a bit of a shock after all, she's been celibate for five years. As a divorced singlemother caring for both a teenage son ...

  • Saturdays at Noon synopsis, comments

    Saturdays at Noon

    Rachel Marks

    Discover the emotionally gripping and uplifting pageturner that will put a smile on your face'Heartbreaking and full of hope' WOMAN & HOME 'Wonderful, compassionate, unpredicta...

  • Home synopsis, comments

    Home

    Penny Parkes

    Penny Parkes' brilliant new novel MAYBE TOMORROW is out now! 'Moving, hopeful and heartfelt... an ideal book group read' AJ Pearce, author of Dear Mrs Bird A gripping and hear...

  • Anyone but Him synopsis, comments

    Anyone but Him

    Sheila O'Flanagan

    Two sisters can't quite believe what their mother has done. And now they have to decide what to do about it. As if their own personal lives aren't complicated enough . . . Andie an...

  • The Last Act of Adam Campbell synopsis, comments

    The Last Act of Adam Campbell

    Andy Jones

    'Astoundingly good. Brave, wickedly funny and profoundly affecting. Wow!' Miranda Dickinson'An emotional punchpacker of a book. Be prepared for it to swallow you whole' Milly Johns...

  • The Better Half synopsis, comments

    The Better Half

    Sarah Harte

    Anita is a wife on the edge.Thanks to her husband Frank's success in business she has lived a lavish lifestyle at the heart of the city's elite. However, now that the economy is in...

  • Until Next Weekend synopsis, comments

    Until Next Weekend

    Rachel Marks

    THE UNFORGETTABLE AND FEELGOOD NEW NOVEL THAT WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH AND CRY'Wise and wonderful. I adored it!' MIRANDA DICKINSON'Heartbreaking, heartwarming, perfect!' ROSIE GOODWIN'Y...

  • Call of the Penguins synopsis, comments

    Call of the Penguins

    Hazel Prior

    'The perfect fireside read. Veronica McCreedy will capture your heart' TRISHA ASHLEY, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Christmas Invitation'This gorgeous book has everything!...

  • The Car Share synopsis, comments

    The Car Share

    Zoe Brisby

    'I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' Amazon reviewer 'Outrageously funny!' Amazon reviewer 'Extremely touching' Amazon reviewer 'An absolute delight' Netgalley reviewerThe PERFECT C...

  • The Nightingales in Mersey Square synopsis, comments

    The Nightingales in Mersey Square

    Lilly Robbins

    Can friendship save them in their time of need?1940: When trainee nurses Clare and Gaye, alongside their new friend Diana discover that the war is forcing the mothers and children ...

  • After You with the Pistol synopsis, comments

    After You with the Pistol

    Kyril Bonfiglioli

    After you with the Pistol the second Charlie Mortdecai novel by Kyril Bonfiglioli, soon to be a major film starring Johnny Depp'Some of the nastiest, funniest and most enjoyable c...

  • The Control Freak Chronicles synopsis, comments

    The Control Freak Chronicles

    Sarah Tucker

    At fortyfour, Helena Treadwell thought she had everything sorted. After divorcing her control freak ex, Leonard Wallis, she and her nineyearold son, Freddie, relocated to her home ...

  • Silas Marner synopsis, comments

    Silas Marner

    George Eliot & David Carroll

    Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious h...

  • A Shorter History of Tractors in Ukrainian with Handcuffs synopsis, comments

    A Shorter History of Tractors in Ukrainian with Handcuffs

    Marina Lewycka

    Marina Lewycka returns to the characters from A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, with a hilarious erotic twist, in this laughoutloud short story, A Shorter History of Tracto...

  • A Good Heart is Hard to Find synopsis, comments

    A Good Heart is Hard to Find

    Trisha Ashley

    'Trisha Ashley writes with remarkable wit and originality one of the best writers around' KATIE FFORDE, author of A Springtime AffairIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a ...

  • Small Man in a Book synopsis, comments

    Small Man in a Book

    Rob Brydon

    Rob Brydon tells story of his slow ascent to fame and fortune in Small Man in a Book.A multiawardwinning actor, writer, comedian and presenter known for his warmth, humour and insp...

  • Two Doors Away synopsis, comments

    Two Doors Away

    Elle Spellman

    Since moving to a new city, onceadventurous Steph is doing her best to prove to her friends and family back home that her life is as fulfilling and envyinducing as ever. The truth?...

  • Barefoot Over Stones synopsis, comments

    Barefoot Over Stones

    Liz Lyons

    What would it take to destroy your closest friendship?Alison and Ciara meet at college in Dublin and soon become firm allies, sharing a flat and facing the world together. Ciara is...

  • The Fight and Other Writings synopsis, comments

    The Fight and Other Writings

    William Hazlitt

    Hazlitt is one of the greatest masters of English prose style and this new selection demonstrates the variety and richness of his writing. The volume includes classic pieces of dra...

  • Dear Neighbour synopsis, comments

    Dear Neighbour

    Jane Claire Bradley

    'A love letter to the power of community . . . This uplifting and spirited book shows us what people can achieve when they pull together. A joy to read' ELEANOR RAY, author of Ever...

  • All the Tea in China synopsis, comments

    All the Tea in China

    Kyril Bonfiglioli

    All the Tea in China a Mortdecai novel by Kyril Bonfiglioli, soon to be a major film starring Johnny Depp'One of the funniest writers ever' UncutAfter committing a crime anyone b...

  • Train Man synopsis, comments

    Train Man

    Andrew Mulligan

    'Brilliant... profoundly affecting. A beautiful story' RUTH JONES, author of Never GreenerMichael is a broken man. He's waiting for the 09.46 to Gloucester, so as to reach Crewe f...

  • The Staycation synopsis, comments

    The Staycation

    Michele Gorman

    'Perfect summer reading!' Bella OsborneTwo families. One cancelled flight. And a last minute house swap...Things get desperate for strangers Harriet and Sophie when they become st...

  • Jeanette Winterson synopsis, comments

    Jeanette Winterson

    Jonathan Noakes & Margaret Reynolds

    In Vintage Living Texts, teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of Jeanette Winterson. Vintage Living Texts is unique in that it offers an indepth intervi...

  • Days of Wonder synopsis, comments

    Days of Wonder

    Keith Stuart

    'A story of life, love and hope the perfect antidote to today's world. Phenomenal'CLARE MACKINTOSHThe incredible, lifeaffirming new novel by the author of the Richard & Judy B...

  • The Astonishing Return of Norah Wells synopsis, comments

    The Astonishing Return of Norah Wells

    Virginia Macgregor

    She walked out, but can she walk back in? Why do readers LOVE Virginia Macgregor? 'I defy you not to fall in love' Clare Mackintosh 'Will delight you' Sun'Might restore your faith...

  • The Man I Think I Know synopsis, comments

    The Man I Think I Know

    Mike Gayle

    As seen on ITV in the Zoe Ball Book Club'Beautifully written, thoughtprovoking and completely charming.' Ruth Hogan'Mike Gayle is the king of touching, human stories, and this bigh...

  • Happy Families synopsis, comments

    Happy Families

    Julie Ma

    Set in rural Wales, Happy Families shines a tender, funny and heartwarming light on the lives of three generations of a Chinese immigrant family.When was the last time you paid muc...

  • Champagne Kisses synopsis, comments

    Champagne Kisses

    Amanda Brunker

    Like any great diva, Eva Valentine is a flawed character. Spoilt, stubborn and sassy, she exudes lioness confidence when in the company of her fellow bitches Maddie and Parker, and...

  • In Little Stars synopsis, comments

    In Little Stars

    Linda Green

    Two families divided by hate. A love that will not die.Sylvie and Donna travel on the same train to work each day but have never spoken. Their families are on different sides of th...

  • If You Were Here synopsis, comments

    If You Were Here

    Alice Peterson

    ‘If You Were Here is a moving and emotional story about facing a lifealtering dilemma headon and summoning the courage to cope with it' JILL MANSELL'A beautiful story about li...

  • All Visitors Ashore synopsis, comments

    All Visitors Ashore

    C. K. Stead

    As their freinds leave for Europe and the government gets tough with the unions, a bohemian community is enjoying the euphoria of youth.It was their dreamtime. The wider world beck...

  • The Way Back synopsis, comments

    The Way Back

    Jamie Fewery

    A moving, funny, sweeping and emotional family drama perfect for fans of David Nicholls, Beth O'Leary, Mike Gayle and Caroline Hulse. If you're reading this, my funeral must h...

  • The Weekend Dad synopsis, comments

    The Weekend Dad

    Alison Walsh

    As children, Emmett and Daisy were inseparable. Until Daisy announced that she'd seen her mum kissing Emmett's dad. They haven't seen each other since, but Emmett often thinks abou...

  • The Hideaway synopsis, comments

    The Hideaway

    Sheila O'Flanagan

    'The sultry Spanish location is wonderfully escapist ... a captivating, sunsoaked read' Daily Express 'If you're seeking an escape of your own, this sunny, evocative story is the p...

  • A Small Town Affair synopsis, comments

    A Small Town Affair

    Rosie Wallace

    A Delicious Recipe for Domestic Disaster:Take one small town where everyone thinks they know everyone else's business. Add three households:MP Mike Andrews, his wife Gill and two y...