State of the Union

Nov 15, 2024 6:40 PM

Author:Nick Hornby

State of the Union

*THE SIDE-SPLITTING NEW COMIC SHORT FROM ONE OF BRITAIN'S BEST-LOVED WRITERS, NOW A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES*

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Each week, Tom and Louise meet for a quick drink in the pub before they go to meet their marriage counsellor. Married for years and with two children, a recent incident has exposed the fault lines in their relationship in a way that Tom, for one, does not wish to think about.

In the ten minutes in the pub they talk about the agenda for the session, what they talked about last week, what they will definitely not talk about with the counsellor, and how much better off they are than the couple whose counselling slot immediately precedes their own.

Over the ten weeks that follow Tom and Louise begin to wonder: what if marriage is like a computer? When you take it apart to see how it works you might just be left with a million pieces you can't put back together . . .

Reviews

Even before the first page of this charming, heartfelt memoir, Ridgeley's eloquent dedication to his "dearest friend" George Michael will have you in tears. This is more than a gleeful shuttlecocks-in-shorts account of young guns having some fun: there's a real poignancy to Ridgeley's description of Wham!'s glory days, the knowledge of what will be lost - a band, a best friend - chilling in the Club Tropicana sunshine.

—— The Sunday Times

A touching account of male friendship

—— The Times

Celebrity Memoirs of the Year

—— Guardian

A remarkably generous memoir....in more than one sense, the biography of a friend

—— Spectator

It's a joyous celebration of the Wham! years. For anyone who was a teenager in the early 1980s, it will take you on a nostalgia trip, with dozens of comically captioned photos of the band during the white espadrille years. It's an honest but affectionate account of a remarkable duo who remained true to their origins and their friendship throughout it all

—— Daily Express

Packed full of nostalgia, heart and insight, Wham! George & Me is a lovingly written ode to friendship and a celebration of one of the greatest pop acts of all time. A superb tribute

—— Classic Pop Magazine

In this moving memoir, which is also a vivid nostalgia trip for anyone who was a teenager in the 70s and 80s, he tells the story of his friendship and musical collaboration with George Michael. Engaging

—— Sunday Express

The Wham! star charts his treasured friendship with George Michael, from their meeting at school in 1975 to George's untimely death in 2016. The duo left a legacy of pop classics from the exuberant Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go to the evergreen Last Christmas, and Ridgeley's enthusiasm for life in a chart-topping band is as infectious as their music

—— Daily Mirror

This book is all you could want and more!

—— Magic Book Club

I couldn't put it down. Such a fantastic book

—— Chris Evans, Virgin Radio

A great story

—— Saturday Live, Radio 4

A lovely book. A love letter to George

—— Graham Norton, BBC1

A touching and vivid nostalgia trip - with great photos

—— Best

Top 50 gift picks for the book lovers in your life

—— The Herald

A fond look back at the Wham! star's life in the group that helped define Eighties pop

—— Choice Magazine

Will no doubt appeal to the fanbase . . . Humorous and touching

—— Times Literary Supplement

Joyful nostalgia

—— Daily Express

As a hard-nosed ex-detective, it was a source of much hilarity that I am such a Wham! fan but my copy of this is a prized possession

—— Peter Bleksley

One of the most interesting feminist voices in popular culture

—— The Pool

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