'Millington takes us to the place where relationships go bad, but never forgets the humour' -- Latest Homes 20021023 'Cringingly familiar, devastatingly funny ... definitely one for fans of Nick Hornby and Tony Parsons' -- Mango Book Club website 20021001 'Highlights just how painful love can be and just how much its precious memories should be valued' -- The Week 20021207 'A brilliantly written comedy. A novel that manages to be both funny and affectionate' -- Guardian 'With his tear-inducing humour, Millington has tapped into the zeitgeist, Helen Fielding-style.' -- Vogue 20020901 'While books that claim to be 'laugh-out-loud funny' are legion, ones such as this that actually are are rarer than molars on a Rhode Island Hen ... There is little to say about coupledom that is not wittily and often movingly explored here. Sharply-written, brilliantly observed and absolutely hilarious.' -- Wendy Holden, Daily Mail 20021025 'A fantastic debut - a funny and heart-warming comedy about love, fatherhood and being in the wrong places at all the wrong times.' -- Essentials 20021101 'Mil Millington's comic timing is spot-on in this laugh-out-loud warm-hearted and engaging novel.' -- Publishing News 20021101 'The plot escalates with all the shameless hyperbole needed to fuel a really good row ... This is a very funny book.' -- Observer 20021013 'Compulsive reading ... drenched in self-deprecating humour.' -- Metro 20021007 'Insightful and wickedly funny.' -- Heat 20021001 'The funniest book I have read all year' -- Sydney Morning Herald 20030901 'Hilarious and insightful ... Realistic and acerbic, this first novel is bound to receive a lot of attention.' -- Bookseller 20020726 'A brilliant, thoroughly urbane hoot' -- The Big Issue in the North 20021005 'A sardonic, cool, fairground-ride of a book ... hugely satisfying' -- Times 20030601 'It's impossible not to laugh out loud at the Anglo-German quips and world-weary observations that tumble off the page' -- Guardian 20021109 'Mil Millington's legendary bust-ups with his long-term lover ... have now spawned a madcap novel.' -- In Style 20021109 'It's really funny' -- Daily Express 20021101 'A surprise hit ... a quirky little comedy.' -- Mirror 20020928 'Guaranteed to raise a smile' -- Irish News 20021007 'Funny ... moves at a cracking pace' -- Sunday Mirror 20021027 'A comedy of relationships in all their confusions' -- Sunday Life 20021201 'A funny and touching read' -- Hello 20030107 'I don't normally quote for fiction, but as clearly all Mil has done in the way of fiction here is change the name 'Mil' to the name 'Pel', I have no compunction whatsoever in pointing out that this is completely hilarious.' -- Jenny Colgan 20030107 'Hilarious' -- More 20030611 'A very funny look at relationships' -- Company 20030611
