‘Dark, witty ... brilliantly dramatizes the human craving for approval and strong leadership and the lengths we’ll go to satisfy it’ Kazuo Ishiguro, Observer
Meet Carl: cruel, fun, exciting - a bit older than you, and totally in control.
Your best friend, Ollie, likes Carl – maybe even more than he likes you. You don’t want to lose Ollie, so you tag along: playing Carl’s games, doing what he says, getting into trouble.
But how far will Carl go before he stops? And just how bad does he have to get before you say No?
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Whatever Makes You Happy
‘Everyone in my family, from my teenage daughter to my husband and mother-in-law, has got something out of it besides laughter’ Independent
‘Very funny ... A convincing, moving portrait of an evolving relationship between mother and adult son’ Guardian
Matt, Daniel and Paul were childhood friends. Now in their thirties, they've lost touch and have only one thing in common: their mothers. Little do they know that, having spent a cardless Mother's Day discussing how their emotionally dysfunctional offspring should be settling down, Carol, Gillian and Helen have decided to pay their wayward sons a visit. On the same day, they turn up on their sons' doorsteps, uninvited and unannounced. Their plan is to reestablish the mother-son bond by moving in for one week. Just a week. Surely that's not a lot to ask...
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