Besotted — Shaun Stafford

Benjamin Beerenwinkel is a writer. His wife is about to leave him, and he's just been told he's got cancer. And then there's the young, teenage girl who's moved in next door who seems to be besotted with him. Life couldn't get more complicated. Or could it? Benjamin's life staggers from bad to worse as he comes to terms with his own mortality and his inability to start - let alone even finish - his second novel. With alcohol as a constant friend, we follow Benjamin on a self-destructive and immoral journey to the very depths of his troubled soul. When you have nothing to lose, you should definitely break the rules ...