The Lockdown Diary of Tom Cooper by Spencer Brown - humorous literary fiction  

A truly laugh out loud read. It’s the beginning of lockdown and single parent

Tom now has his “ single digit aged two children '' Carrie and Arthur at

home to cope with as well as his job as an advertising executive. I wasn’t

sure how I would take to this as we all remember the anxiety and panic

many of us went through in the early days and I hoped that it would

make me smile- I wasn't disappointed- it made me laugh so many

times. Tom buying hair dye when everyone else wanted pasta and

then wondering how many loo rolls a day him and the kids would get

through. ( A day??) . Fending off competition from a neighbour for

rainbow support for the NHS posters and dealing with the idiots in

the supermarket. To look back even now and realise that others saw

the world the same during lockdown (idiots and madness) is not only

reassuring but done in a humorous way perhaps brings it all down to

earth that little bit more. A wonderful read that I highly recommend

and one we will look back on in a few years to remind

ourselves what it was like and how we reacted. A brilliant read. 

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THE LOCKDOWN DIARY OF TOM COOPER by Spencer Brown Publishing date: 5th November2020 ISBN: 978-1-9161526-5-6 £7.99 FICTION – HUMOUR ‘So very funny’ Jenny Colgan, ‘A joy-seeking missile’ Richard Ayoade One man vs the coronavirus 2020 was supposed to be a great year. Unfortunately, Tom Cooper, like the rest of the world, has found himself stuck in the middle of a pandemic. He’s going to be spending the next few months trapped inside a small flat with sole responsibility for his two singledigit children. Separated from his girlfriend (and any possibility of help with childcare), Tom is plunged into a world of home schooling, awkward Zoom calls, supermarket feuds, al fresco workout sessions, cashstrapped tooth fairies, aging parents who won’t stay home and competitive clapping for the NHS. Not to mention the problem of trying to fulfill his girlfriend’s request for an erotic selfie of his rapidly deteriorating body… Join Tom as he navigates the lockdown in the stand-alone sequel to last year’s hilarious The Rebuilding of Tom Cooper. Laugh-out-loud with real heart. Lockdown has never been so entertaining.

PRAISE FOR THE REBUILDING OF TOM COOPER

‘A gloriously self-aware, satirical romp through the terrors of relationships, family life and survival. Philip Roth meets Cold Feet!’ Helen Lederer (Absolutely Fabulous, Losing It (P.G.Wodehouse Award nominee)) ‘An aspirational figure for the men of today’ Omid Djalili (Live at the Apollo, The Infidel) ‘Hilarious and heart-warming’ Andi Osho (Live at the Apollo, Curfew) Spencer Brown began performing comedy with the Cambridge Footlights alongside John Oliver (HBO’s This Week Tonight) and Matthew Holness (Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace), before becoming an internationally acclaimed stand up. He has performed everywhere from London’s The Comedy Store to Mumbai and the USA, TV credits including Nathan Barley (Channel 4), Edinburgh Comedy (BBC 2), Last Comic Standing (NBC), his own special on Swedish television. As a TV presenter, he fronted ITV’s Lip Service alongside Holly Willoughby and Five’s The Sexy Ads Show. He is also the writer-director of the multi-award-winning film The Boy with a Camera for a Face. The Lockdown Diary of Tom Cooper is his second novel. SALES: Signature Book Ltd Tel: 0845 862 1730 Email: sales@signaturebooksuk.com DISTRIBUTION: Central Books Tel: 0845458 9911 Email: orders@centralbooks