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

'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”. ‘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!

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”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”.

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

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

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”After three s of wrg, there is one thg Gayle thks he uldn’t do: wre My Legendary Girliend aga.

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Mike Gayle is the btsellg thor of six novels about the male psyche, cludg My Legendary Girliend and Mr Commment. Mike Gayle: I have approximately three black iends - but when I want to talk about Franz Ferdand, lour don't matter. Mike Gayle Books Overview.

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Mike Gayle is nowhere near beg a proper adult even though his tenth weddg anniversary is loomg; his send child is due any moment; and ls than twenty four hours he is gog to be officially closer to forty than he is to thirty.

Mike Gayle is the thor of seven btsellg novels and has ntributed to a variety of magaz cludg FHM, SUNDAY TIMES, STYLE and COSMOPOLITAN. To fd out more about his novels, vis Mike’s webse at mikegayle. 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.

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Ntemporary-fictn fay-drama galley431 reviews662 followersSeptember 1, 2021"All the Lonely People" by Mike Gayle is a treasure of a story! 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!

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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. ”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.