The Giles Wareing Haters' Club

By Tim Dowling

Book Overview

Giles Wareing has started telling people he's forty, even though he's actually thirty-nine years and eleven months. It's supposed to help him conquer the fear, but in fact he has only given the fear a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0330446177
• ISBN13: 9780330446174
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Picador
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.9" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

More than funny

I'd hesitated before buying this because, even though I enjoy Dowling's column in the Guardian Weekend magazine, I'm not a big fan of whimsical, humourous novels. But while The Giles Wareing Haters' Club is funny, and at times a bit too whimsical for my liking, its depth and heart surprised me. By the end of the book, I was unexpectedly moved by Giles's dilemma and found myself relating to this hapless, at times infuriating character. If you're a fan of Nick Hornsby, you'll enjoy this. In fact, it's the book that Hornsby's How to Be Good should have been.