Dimensions
129 x 198 x 20mm
Alex Marsh wanted to be a rock star - but it didn't work out. Instead he became a successful advertising executive only to give up his career, move to rural Norfolk, and become a househusband.
Only he isn't a very good one. Whilst his pride won't let him admit it, he struggles with the cooking, the cleaning and the isolation. He hires a cleaner without telling his wife, his repertoire of baked potatoes exhausts quickly. He becomes hooked on daytime television and computer solitaire. He is in danger of becoming weird.
So he takes up bowls.
In Sex & Bowls & Rock 'n' Roll we follow a season in the life of the village bowls team, a group of amateur sportsmen and mild eccentrics. In doing so we see this unfashionable passtime in a whole new light, and very funny it is too.
But Alex hasn't quite given up on his dreams of rock stardom. Discovering that some of his mates down the pub are a bit handy with bass and drums he makes one final stab at being in a band with an eagerly awaited gig in the local pub.
It is a complete disaster.
Join Alex has he comes to terms with life as a domestic disappointment, attempts to learn the fine art of crown green bowls and finally realises that supporting the Sultans Of Ping at the Pink Toothbrush in Rayleigh really was the highpoint of his musical career.
Sex & Bowls & Rock 'n' Roll is a hilarious account of a year in the life of a genuinely modern man. Everyone will recognise themselves (or their husbands) and you will be hard pressed not to laugh out loud.
