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Books : Fiction : Contemporary Fiction: 1970 Onwards : Authors A-Z : B : Barrowcliffe, Mark
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Girlfriend 44 supplies a sharp, sardonic study of one man's slant on relations between the sexes. Laddish, thirtysomething Harry is still looking for the woman of his dreams, after 43 failed attempts. When his mate Farley apparently commits suicide over a girl called Alice, Harry sets his sights on the bereaved, convinced that she's the woman of his dreams. There's just one small catch--his best mate Gerrard is equally convinced that she's the only one for him and so the contest commences. A battle not so much of wits as of puerile one-upmanship ensues as the pair project their own needs and desires onto the object of their fantasies. Sporting metaphors are served up fast and furious in this rogues' rally:"So by cutting the levity ... he brought the fight onto his own territory. Even if he failed ... he would still be there, like a tennis player hanging on in a demanding rally, biding his time to regain the cent re of the court."
With its sharp one-liners, witty observations and vivid characterisations, Mark Barrowcliffe's first novel Girlfriend 44 presents a provocative insight into the male psyche. --Nicola Perry
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Mark Barrowcliffe's second novel, Infidelity for First-time Fathers, is a warm, witty and worrying insight into the sexual trials and emotional travails of the debutante dad. The hero is Dag, a thirtysomething Londoner. His dilemma, and the dynamic tension of the book, lies in the fact that he has managed to impregnate his long-term fiancée at the same time as landing a dreamy new mistress--a choice that Dag characteristically boils down to a decision between the mumsy, familiar breasts of his partner Andrea ("like a couple of old mates"), and the uppity, pert little pair (her "irreverant, cheeky, staying-out-late tits") possessed by his bit-on-the-side, the sultry Cat. Dag's route to a resolution of this psychosexual conflict, symptomatic of his larger confusion and the confusion of so many men down the ages, leads him into some wacky and farcical waters. A shooting, a beating, a trip to Wembley Park Movotel and lots of oddly-named biscuits: he finds himself in a position he or the reader would never have predicted. The style, as with Barrowcliffe's first book, Girlfriend 44, is pithy, amusing and mildly cynical. There are plenty of excellent one-liners, some annoying but funny running jokes (those biscuits) and a cast of agreeably eccentric characters. --Sean Thomas
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Girlfriend 44 supplies a sharp, sardonic study of one man's slant on relations between the sexes. Laddish, thirtysomething Harry is still looking for the woman of his dreams, after 43 failed attempts. When his mate Farley apparently commits suicide over a girl called Alice, Harry sets his sights on the bereaved, convinced that she's the woman of his dreams. There's just one small catch--his best mate Gerrard is equally convinced that she's the only one for him and so the contest commences. A battle not so much of wits as of puerile one-upmanship ensues as the pair project their own needs and desires onto the object of their fantasies. Sporting metaphors are served up fast and furious in this rogues' rally:"So by cutting the levity ... he brought the fight onto his own territory. Even if he failed ... he would still be there, like a tennis player hanging on in a demanding rally, biding his time to regain the centre of the court."
With its sharp one-liners, witty observations and vivid characterisations, Mark Barrowcliffe's first novel Girlfriend 44 presents a provocative insight into the male psyche. --Nicola Perry
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Mark Barrowcliffe's second novel, Infidelity for First-time Fathers, is a warm, witty and worrying insight into the sexual trials and emotional travails of the debutante dad. The hero is Dag, a thirtysomething Londoner. His dilemma, and the dynamic tension of the book, lies in the fact that he has managed to impregnate his long-term fiancée at the same time as landing a dreamy new mistress--a choice that Dag characteristically boils down to a decision between the mumsy, familiar breasts of his partner Andrea ("like a couple of old mates"), and the uppity, pert little pair (her "irreverant, cheeky, staying-out-late tits") possessed by his bit-on-the-side, the sultry Cat. Dag's route to a resolution of this psychosexual conflict, symptomatic of his larger confusion and the confusion of so many men down the ages, leads him into some wacky and farcical waters. A shooting, a beating, a trip to Wembley Park Movotel and lots of oddly-named biscuits: he finds himself in a position he or the reader would never have predicted. The style, as with Barrowcliffe's first book, Girlfriend 44, is pithy, amusing and mildly cynical. There are plenty of excellent one-liners, some annoying but funny running jokes (those biscuits) and a cast of agreeably eccentric characters. --Sean Thomas
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Mark Barrowcliffe's second novel, Infidelity for First-time Fathers, is a warm, witty and worrying insight into the sexual trials and emotional travails of the debutante dad. The hero is Dag, a thirtysomething Londoner. His dilemma, and the dynamic tension of the book, lies in the fact that he has managed to impregnate his long-term fiancée at the same time as landing a dreamy new mistress--a choice that Dag characteristically boils down to a decision between the mumsy, familiar breasts of his partner Andrea ("like a couple of old mates"), and the uppity, pert little pair (her "irreverant, cheeky, staying-out-late tits") possessed by his bit-on-the-side, the sultry Cat. Dag's route to a resolution of this psychosexual conflict, symptomatic of his larger confusion and the confusion of so many men down the ages, leads him into some wacky and farcical waters. A shooting, a beating, a trip to Wembley Park Movotel and lots of oddly-named biscuits: he finds himself in a position he or the reader would never have predicted. The style, as with Barrowcliffe's first book, Girlfriend 44, is pithy, amusing and mildly cynical. There are plenty of excellent one-liners, some annoying but funny running jokes (those biscuits) and a cast of agreeably eccentric characters. --Sean Thomas
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Mark Barrowcliffe's second novel, Infidelity for First-time Fathers, is a warm, witty and worrying insight into the sexual trials and emotional travails of the debutante dad. The hero is Dag, a thirtysomething Londoner. His dilemma, and the dynamic tension of the book, lies in the fact that he has managed to impregnate his long-term fiancée at the same time as landing a dreamy new mistress--a choice that Dag characteristically boils down to a decision between the mumsy, familiar breasts of his partner Andrea ("like a couple of old mates"), and the uppity, pert little pair (her "irreverant, cheeky, staying-out-late tits") possessed by his bit-on-the-side, the sultry Cat. Dag's route to a resolution of this psychosexual conflict, symptomatic of his larger confusion and the confusion of so many men down the ages, leads him into some wacky and farcical waters. A shooting, a beating, a trip to Wembley Park Movotel and lots of oddly-named biscuits: he finds himself in a position he or the reader would never have predicted. The style, as with Barrowcliffe's first book, Girlfriend 44, is pithy, amusing and mildly cynical. There are plenty of excellent one-liners, some annoying but funny running jokes (those biscuits) and a cast of agreeably eccentric characters. --Sean Thomas
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