Mike Gayle | The Guardian

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• 'THEY WERE TREATED TERRIBLY' – WHY 'LAD L' VETERAN MIKE GAYLE IS FALLY TACKLG RACISM
• MIKE GAYLE
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• MIKE GAYLE BOOKS IN ORR
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• MIKE GAYLE BGRAPHY
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'THEY WERE TREATED TERRIBLY' – WHY 'LAD L' VETERAN MIKE GAYLE IS FALLY TACKLG RACISM

But this month, a genre tradnally domated by women prented s top prize to Mike Gayle. “It’s jt lovely, ” says Gayle.

In a books market where such btsellg thors as Fieldg and Cathere Alltt were providg an sight to romantic relatnships om a female perspective – and landg the label “chick l” for their efforts – Gayle joed the lik of Nick Hornby and Tony Parsons givg a male view.

This won them the “lad l” moniker, although Gayle has said he prefers “pop l”, bee his wrg is “jt like pop mic as much as ’s immediately accsible … yet touchg on all the great them – love, lghter, hatred and jealoy – whout feelg the need to take self too serly”.

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‘Love, lghter, hatred and jealoy’ … some of Gayle’s novels. ”Gayle is speakg to me via Zoom om his home town of Birmgham, where he liv wh his wife, two dghters and a much-loved pet.

And y, when we go to the vets, they do announce him as Sail Gayle! ”Gayle eventually moved back to Birmgham, and spent a year spltg his time between eelance journalism and workg on the novel. ”‘If they didn’t like what you wrote, you’d be ad to them’ … Mike Gayle’s lumn Bliss.

Photograph: supplied by Mike GayleWhen My Legendary Girliend was published 1998, immediately earned the moniker “the male Bridget Jon”.

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” Gayle skewers Will’s endls pg for Aggi wh warmth and a great al of humour.

”In the book, Gayle never specifi Will’s race. ”Over his last 15 novels – om Turng Thirty (a man spls up wh his girliend and mov back wh his parents) to The Stag and Hen Weekend (two pre-weddg parti told as separate stori) – Gayle has generally steered clear of discsg race.

”Meet Sail Gayle … the thor wh his rcue greyhound. Photograph: Simon WellerGayle’s most recent novel, All the Lonely People, addrs race more directly, though.

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”Says Gayle: “It is unfortable to read. “When you meet people who are que clearly lonely, ” says Gayle, “you wonr how that suatn about.

”After three s of wrg, there is one thg Gayle thks he uldn’t do: wre My Legendary Girliend aga. Mike Gayle is nowhere near beg a proper... 'Wh a style siar to David Nicholls, Gayle's wrg is cisive, lyril and very 's impossible not to fall love wh the Hope fay' Irish Ind...

The stunng new novel om Mike Gayle, packed wh his tramark heart and charm. Mike Gayle has published 16 books.

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Mike Gayle do not have a new book g out soon. The first book by Mike Gayle, My Legendary Girliend, was published March 2000.

Mike Gayle do not wre books seri. 9k followersJune 27, 2020The tle of Mike Gayle's latt offerg, All The Lonely People, had me hummg The Beatl's Eleanor Rigby, is part of the first le of the song, as I was readg this. Ntemporary-fictn fay-drama galley431 reviews662 followersSeptember 1, 2021"All the Lonely People" by Mike Gayle is a treasure of a story!

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I'm jt sure Mike Gayle wrote this story pecially for me! Thank you to Mike Gayle and Grand Central Publishg for my gifted fished py of this betiful book. A very very good fun adult read, that at s heart is an exceptnal book by Brish Black wrer Mike Gayle, about first generatn Black immigrants, ter generatnal iendship and lonels.

2022 readntemporary2, 048 reviews1, 611 followersJune 23, 2020Well, Mike Gayle has done to me aga! Ashleigh is an amazg character too but the whole book is crammed wh wonrful characters which is a Mike Gayle tramark.

Wh thanks to NetGalley and pecially to Hodr and Stoughton and Mike Gayle for the ARC.

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”Mike Gayle’s ‘All The Lonely People’ is a wonrfully crafted story wh an enarg st of characters and a fluid narrative, revolvg around them of fay, iendship, lonels and muny. ‘All The Lonely People’ is my first Mike Gayle novel and I look forward to readg more of his work the future. Now that I'm fished, maybe I n fally get Eleanor Rigby out of my Mike Gayle and a non imagary humoro-fictn old-age-at-fer-sissi1, 881 reviews533 followersAugt 4, 2021I thk this was aimg for hopeful.

I love the way Mike Gayle tackled the ia of lonels as touch people of all ag, not jt the story shifts between the past, startg wh Hubert’s g to London om Jamai many years before, and the prent. Wh relatable characters, evotive wrg, and a perfect balance of heartbreak and hope, Gayle's storytellg prows sh through, remdg of the importance of passn and reachg out to one another, makg an unfettable read that ronat long after the fal page is you to, thor, and publisher for an advanced listeng py of this book! Fictn256 reviews66 followersFebary 9, 20225 Sentimental Stars“All the Lonely People” by Mike Gayle is equal parts betiful, heartbreakg and upliftg.

Heavy topics but Gayle is an exceptnal and engagg wrer and balanced all wh humor and Bird is one of the most enchantg characters I’ve e across awhile. 2, 134 reviews328 followersAugt 17, 2021All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle was such a special book. Mike Gayle did a phenomenal job verg the var aspect of lonels and the different ways that n affect .

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All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle will be available on Augt 2 paperback wh a stunng new ver( is available now Hardver). Mike Gayle starts the rear out wh the ma character Hubert the prent tryg to figure out how to make right a fantasy life that he's created for his dghter Rose so that she wouldn't worry about him livg alone. The way Gayle wr the tails of Hubert's life as so betifully ordary wh 's challeng, temptatns, and joys that I easily fell to the rhythm of this story and there was never a good breakg pot for me to want to put the book down.

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There is a revelatn this story towards the end that lerally ma me gasp and wh Gayle almost ma me shed a tear. I will be pickg up some of Gayle's backlist bee I enjoyed this so much.