Zigzag Street

Here I am, on a work day of some importance, riding out of town in a cab with a babe I’ve just concussed with footwear. ‘… a comic masterpiece’ – Who Weekly Richard Derrington is twenty-eight and single. More single than he’d like to be. More single than he’d expected to be, and not coping well. Since Anna trashed him six months ago he’s been trying to find his way again. He’s doing his job badly, he’s playing tennis badly, his renovating attempts haven’t got past the verandah, and he’s wondering when things are going to change. Zigzag Street covers six weeks of Richard’s life in Brisbane’s Red Hill. Six weeks of rumination, chaos, poor judgement, interpersonal clumsiness…and, eventually, hope. ‘Zigzag Street is exactly the kind of book I want to read’ – Sydney Morning Herald ‘Zigzag Street is funny, out-loud funny, in a way comic writers rarely manage to achieve …’ – Evening Standard (UK) ‘… gives Nick Hornby a serious run for his money.’ – The Times (UK) ‘fantastic’ – The Mirror (UK) ‘comedy with soul’ – The Hindustan Times (India) ‘extremely witty’ –The Himachal Times (India) ‘Few Australian books have produced as many laughs as Zigzag Street, a comic masterpiece that also manages to be warm, sensitive and moving.’ – Who Weekly ‘…nothing short of a romp.’ – The Australian