by Kevin Kelly
First published 2015
Phil surrounds himself with an eccentric group of friends who turn every ordinary activity into a disaster. When they plan an away day to watch their football team play in Blackpool, what should be a simple trip becomes a comedy of errors. Their attempts at normal life consistently backfire. A south coast holiday spirals out of control. An evening spent poaching turns into chaos. Even Phil's wedding day refuses to go according to plan. Each misadventure stems from their remarkable combination of terrible luck and poor judgment. Phil and his companions manage to irritate nearly everyone they encounter as they navigate life's basic challenges. Death itself cannot stop their capacity for creating mayhem. Kelly presents their failures with dark humor, showing how the most mundane tasks become sources of comedy when handled by people determined to get everything wrong.
Genres: fiction, humor, contemporary, comedy
Vibes: dark-humorous, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: comedy-of-errors, found-family
Setting: Blackpool
Period: 21st-century
470 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform