Happy Now, Charles Higson
Happy Now, Charles Higson
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Happy Now

Author: Charles Higson

Narrator: Charles Higson

Unabridged: 8 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/27/2021

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

I do not believe that a man can be truly happy unless he fully understands what he is and can act accordingly ... how can it be wrong to be happy?'
These lines are taken from Will's diary, a seemingly innocuous exercise book which details his house-breaking activities. Will carefully selects houses - forty-seven so far - ensuring their owners will be in. As they cook their supper or watch television, Will (wearing surgical gloves and leaving no trace behind) enters not only their houses, but their secret lives. A secret museum, housed in his loft, is 'held together by sex'. All his trophies are carefully catalogued and he keeps a very precise diary of his activities and his thoughts.
All his life Tom Kendall had lived as quietly and normally as possible ... but he gave people the creeps ... 'kids didn't like him, or the cat'. When Tom discovers Will's diary he decides to adopt the same quest for happiness. Tom has problems of his own - a difficult temper, problems with his girlfriend, Maddie, and an overwhelming sense of powerlessness. Perhaps Will's diary holds the key?

About Charles Higson

Charlie Higson started writing when he was ten years old. After university he was a singer and painter and decorator before he started writing for television. He went on to create and star in the hugely successful comedy series The Fast Show. He is the author of the bestselling Young Bond books and the incredibly successful horror series, The Enemy.Charlie doesn't do Facebook, but you can tweet him @monstroso.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Baba

Harry Enfield / Saturday Night Live / Fast Show writer Higson, comes up with a rather dark, yet funny book. There's a young man that essentially copulates with houses, by entering them, when they are occupied and masturbating in their (obviously empty) beds! There were no typos in the last sentence.......more

Goodreads review by Cathal

Well that was creepy as fuck. I loved it.......more

This is a dark exploration of childhood abuse, modern morals and the quest for happiness in a world where life seems much more compliacted than it used to be. There are some twists and turns along the way, some of which I certainly didn't see coming, but there isn't the usual dose of comedy and humou......more

TOM IS HAPPY. TOM IS HAPPY. TOM IS HAPPY. ... but is he really? Tom has anger issues. He also has a very boring life. When he meets Maddie at an anger management class , it seems like to perfect opportunity to introduce a bit of excitement into his otherwise plain existence. Tom thinks Maddie makes him......more


Quotes

Charlie Higson's thrillers are major events Mark Billingham

Written with a chilling perception... Settle down on the sofa with this one, but make sure you've locked the back door first Time Out

An off-beat, atmospheric novel with an underlying, quite subtle wit... Higson's a genius Mirror

Higson manages to balance the extremely anti-social and mentally unstable characters with a very dark wit, so it's not only the macabre details which make this such compelling reading The List

This is Iain Banks-ish territory, without the SF, but with the incest and the blood... Higson can build up a tense, nifty plot, and has the kind of ear for middle-England angst that more established writers should be jealous of GQ