‘Funny, painful, relatable and honest. Full of the hidden depths and details that only Joel Golby can scavenge. I love this book’ DOLLY ALDERTON ‘Joel Golby at his best: darkly reflective, so, so funny, and life-affirming in quite an unhinged way. I loved it’ MONICA HEISEY ‘Joel can turn the most mundane aspects of life into something totally magnificent. I was laughing so much whilst reading this book I was shhh’d at on the Eurostar by a very stern woman – zero-star review for her’ AMELIA DIMOLDENBERG ‘As funny as you’d expect from Joel Golby, but also both moving and sincere. A joy to read’ BELLA MACKIE ‘Joel Golby’s writing induces full-on jealousy in me. He’s a horribly funny, silly, opinionated old cow, and yet his words are actually rather lovely to read’ JACK ROOKE ‘Nobody captures the torturous contradictions of being a sentient primate in the modern world quite like Joel Golby. FOUR STARS will make you laugh throughout, then it will rip your heart out, place it in front of you and say: “See. This is what I was writing about all along.” Fantastic. Hard recommend’ KONRAD KAY ‘High Fidelity for the generation who could never afford a shop’ ELLA RISBRIDGER ‘Whether it’s the ambitious construction and moving climax, emerging themes of millennials dealing with rudderless mortality or simply pound-for-pound laughs, I can’t really think of anything else like this book. And that’s a really good thing. Five stars’ OOBAH BUTLER ‘Funnier and more profound than a book has any business being’ NATHAN FOAD 'Extremely funny and extremely charming, striking at the trivialities of our modern existence with razor-sharp clarity. Golby’s voice, though acerbic, is cut through with a discreet optimism' RAVEN SMITH

A funny and absurd review of modern life from of one Britain’s best-loved journalists - The new book from the UK’s most exciting young writers - Joel Golby’s essay – titled ‘Things You Only Know When Both Your Parents Are Dead’ – was a viral success - Joel has been the most-read author ever on the VICE website. - The top 25 articles Joel has written for the website have pulled in 43 million page-views alone. - Joel is a staff writer for VICE, but has also been published in Guardian, Shortlist, Mr Hyde, FHM, BBC, Grazia and Heat. - He has 54k followers on Twitter. Competition: Everything I know about love;Raven Smith’s Men;Trivial Pursuits;Friendaholic; Guide to Quitting social media;Parsnips Buttered;Cunk on Everything;What’s that lady doing;Lives Less Ordinary. Dolly Alderton;Raven Smith;Elizabeth Day; James Acaster;Joe Lycett;Philomena Cunk;Lou Sanders;Nigel Farndale