Meet Tom Ripple, a man with an uncommon outlook on his common life. Through the vividness of his voice and his growing sense of the sorrow and absurdity of the world, Tom Ripple becomes an unusually appealing antihero, aware of his ordinariness and t...
'They sat at the table with cups of tea and digestive biscuits. Stan smiled at her and couldn't stop himself from nodding and saying more than once, 'This is the life, Elsie.' Each time she replied, 'It is, isn't it?' She was happy, telling him she'd...