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Night of the Living Dad

Night of the Living Dad

by SamDelaney (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

    $3.98
Synopsis

A mop of black hair, wrinkled skin, a blueish-grey complexion and pretty, open eyes that dart around the room. You could call her scary and weird-looking I suppose but I quite like her. Sam Delaney is happy: he is a new dad. He plans to be a caring, wise and reliable father. Except he worries he might be none of those things. He worries that he might be an idiot. His nieces and nephews see him as a lovable buffoon. He is a clumsy oaf and sporadic binge-drinker who doesn't have a proper job and cites 'Teen Wolf's dad' as his biggest role model. Is he really fit for this new position of responsibility? There's only one way he'll be able to find out. Follow Sam in his first year of fatherhood as he tries to figure out what a good dad should be, and, even more importantly, what sort of dad he should be.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: John Murray
Published: 06 Aug 2009
ISBN 10: 1848540930
ISBN 13: 9781848540934
Book Overview: A comic portrait of a first-time Dad

Media Reviews
'A wholly original dissection of fatherhood, both dark and tender, that even had a miserable bastard like me laughing aloud' David Peace 'If you've ever been a baby, you'll love this book. And that goes double for dads. Probably triple for mums' Danny Wallace 'Amusing portrait of a kidult adjusting to the first year of first-time fatherhood' Bookseller 'Fascinating and often hilarious' Daily Telegraph 'Will ring true with many new dads, and even if you're now a parenting pro, you're sure to find his many misadventures extremely hilarious' Father's Quarterly 'Amusing portrait of a kidult adjusting to the first year of first-time fatherhood' Bookseller 'A must read' Greenock Telegraph
Author Bio
Sam Delaney is an award-winning writer and broadcaster whose columns and features appear regularly in the Guardian and the Sunday Telegraph. He has also written for the Independent, the Scotsman, GQ, Arena, Cosmopolitan, Company, Q and the NME and recently contributed to Hang the DJ: The Faber Book of Alternative Music Lists. He is a regular presenter on BBC Radio Five Live and has written and presented TV documentaries for the BBC, Channel Four, and Channel Five. He is the author of Get Smashed: The Men Who Made The Ads That Changed Our Lives, described by the Daily Telegraph as 'fascinating and often hilarious'. In a former life he was a teaboy for Gordon Brown.