A Certain Chemistry by Mil Millington
When cash-strapped writer Tom Cartwright is offered the highly lucrative task of ghosting the autobiography of a glamorous young soap star, he and his girlfriend Sara are thrilled. Sara is a great fan of Georgina Nye's, and Tom will finally be able to afford some new carpets for their flat. But things soon go awry when Tom finds himself drawn to Georgina by forces outside his control (even though they are inside his own body). Does his five-year relationship with Sara stand a chance in the face of this explosion of chemistry Are he and Georgina bound by emotional attraction Or is it simply vasopressin being released by his pituitary gland And is this love Or just the hormone oxytocin Most importantly of all - is there a difference
Why do book reviewers fawn over Mil Millington while they sneer at the abundance of 'lad/chick lit' books being published? At first glance it's hard to fathomMillington's tale doesn't stray from plots about the literary journo's pet hates, reading like a glorified letter to a problem page. Tom's a ghost writer, gets a plush commission to write the 'autobiography' of a top soap star, ends up sleeping with her, frets about his infidelity to his long-term girlfriend... and away we go. What puts him at the higher end of his peers, though, is the quality of the writing. Millington manages to go beyond lazy observations and avoids reading like a bad stand-up comedy routine in print by virtue of an engaging and entertaining writing style.
Mil Millington lives in the West Midlands with his girlfriend and their two children. He is the creator of the cult website www.thingsmygirlfriendandihavearguedabout.com and is also co-founder of online magazine The Weekly (www.theweekly.co.uk). He writes for various newspapers and magazines and was named by the Guardian as one of the top five debut authors of 2002.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340821145 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340821140 |
| Title | A Certain Chemistry |
| Author | Mil Millington |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2003-10-13 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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