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Jason Priestley has a problem. His ex-girlfriend has just announced her engagement. His dreams of being a journalist have amounted to writing reviews nobody notices, for a freebie newspaper nobody reads. (And that's aside from the fact that he spends too much of his life explaining that he's not that Jason Priestley.) But that's not Jason's current problem. He's looking for a girl. He doesn't even know her real name but, in his head, he calls her 'Charlotte Street' because that's where they met and shared a moment, before he helped her into a cab. But life's full of missed opportunities and Jason would probably never have the chance to see 'Charlotte' again, were it not for the fact that she'd accidentally left her disposable camera in his hands ...
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Let me start by saying that I am a massive fan of Danny Wallace's writing. I have read two of his other books (yes man, friends like these, and I find the prose funny and well observed.
This is his first novel, and I did enjoy it. There were some laugh out loud moments that caused me to share my skinny latte with my fellow Southern Railwayites. But as has been mentioned by other reviewers, the protagonist does annoy after a bit, and the plot goes a little wayward in the middle.
An enjoyable comedy about London, and Londoners, but not as good as the non fiction.