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Love and Other Near Death Experiences (Paperback)

by Mil Millington (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (18 Jan 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0297851055
  • ISBN-13: 978-0297851059
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 302,097 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amber Pearson, DAILY MAIL (3.2.06)
'Millington is at his funniest and most observent when dissecting the minutiae of day-to-day life.'

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'Sharp, clever and thoughtful, with an unerringly accurate eye for the male-female dynamic. Lad lit grows up.' (EASY LIVING (February 2006) )

'Witty and thoughtful.' (YOU MAGAZINE, MAIL ON SUNDAY (8.1.06) )

'Sharp, entertaining and funny.' (LEICESTER MERCURY (4.1.06) )

'Sliding Doors meets Serendipity.' **** (COSMOPOLITAN (February 2006) )

'Quick-witted, sharp, entertaining and funny.' (NEWS LETTER, Northern Ireland (9.1.06) )

'Lad-lit has never been so bright and cosy.' (MIRROR (13.1.06) )

'LOVE AND OTHER NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES really is laugh out loud funny...Millington has come up with an ingenious and...wholly original premise - the kind of premise that the aforementioned 99 per cent of comic novelists would walk barefoot across hot coals to have dreamt up.' (Roger Cox THE SCOTSMAN (14.1.06) )

'...the plot is engaging, rapidly paced and punchy...Funny, sexy and intelligent, you'll laugh out loud - then think about the choices you make in life. A must-read.' (SCARLET MAGAZINE (February) )

'Mil Millington...is sharp and witty and bright as a button.' (Wiliam Leith DAILY TELEGRAPH (21.1.06) )

'If there is a male Bridget Jones, bringing intimate dispatches from the other side of the sex divide, it is Mil Millington...He is horribly accurate and highly amusing about the nuts and bolts of modern relationships...Hilarious.' (Kate Saunders TIMES (21.1.06) )

'[a] side-splittingly good read...a hilarious musing on love, mortality and religion.' (SUNDAY EXPRESS (22.1.06) )

'Highly amusing...The writing is consistently wry and the dialogue as sharp as in the best sitcoms.' (Michael Arditti EXPRESS (27.1.06) )

'Mil Millington's talent is for snappy dialogue, sarcasm and punning prose.' (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY (29.1.06) )

'Millington is at his funniest and most observent when dissecting the minutiae of day-to-day life.' (Amber Pearson DAILY MAIL (3.2.06) )

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Almost as good as 'things me and my girlfriend have argued about', 12 Jul 2007
If you plan to spend a Saturday afternoon in the park under the rays of the sun, this book is your perfect companion: easy to read, fast-paced, laugh-out-loud funny and simply a pleasure to delve in to. Only 4 stars, simply because it just can't beat Mill's exceptional first book and also it is written with an off-the-wall humour, which may not appeal to everyone - but I challenge you not to at least offer a smirk!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Not as funny as it thinks it is, 25 Dec 2006
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Tempted by the glowing reviews about the humour and quality of this book on the cover, I picked this up at the airport, hoping that I had found a really good new humour writer. However, while it's OK for a beach read (which is where I read it) it's really very forgettable and I laughed, maybe, twice.

Rob's adventures and fellow-travellers are, at times, funny but one can tell that this author is more comfortable with the slapstick than the touching and the romance with Elizabeth is clunky and redundant. The portrayal of Rob's mental state and indecisiveness is well done - and definitely one of the book's strengths - but the plot is so transparent that you can stop half way through and know what's going to happen. No need to finish it.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A comic genius, 21 Mar 2006
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Mil Millington is one of the very few authors who makes me laugh outloud while I'm reading his novels, and this new book is no exception. It's the story of a man who should be dead, but having avoided death as a result of a series of random, meaningless decisions, he finds himself incapable of getting on with his life, terrified by the thought that even the smallest decision (coffee, or tea? Shower or bath?) could mean the difference between living and dying. From this premise, Millington has created a brilliant, funny novel, which I loved. It's full of hilarious moments, and great dialogue, and some very funny sex scenes, but it's also a thoughtful, warm story about fate and about love. The guy is a comic genius - better than Nick Hornby or Tony Parsons by a mile.
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