Product Description

When Rob's girlfriend asks him to leave London and live with her in Manchester not only will it mean moving cities, it’ll also mean leaving behind his best mate in the entire world. Believing that love conquers all and convinced of his ability to make new friends, Rob takes the plunge.

Six months in, and yet to find so much as a regular drinking buddy, Rob realises that sometimes making friends in your thirties can be the hardest thing to do. With drastic action needed, his girlfriend puts an ad in the classifieds for him. Three excruciatingly embarrassing “bloke dates” later, Rob begins to truly despair. Until his luck changes...

There’s just one problem. Apart from knowing less than nothing about music trivia, football, and the vital statistics of supermodels, Rob's new friend has one huge flaw...

She's a girl.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #92510 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
'Funny and well observed, this is the perfect summer read'. -- Sunday Express 'More insights into the male psyche... fans will love it' -- Cosmopolitan 'Funny and well-observed, this is another sure-fire hit.' -- Heat 'A warm, funny tale of friendships between men and women and how they will never work' -- Easy Living 'Mike Gayle's written about it all' -- Select Living

Review

'Funny and well observed, this is the perfect summer read'.

‘More insights into the male psyche... fans will love it’

‘Funny and well-observed, this is another sure-fire hit.’

‘A warm, funny tale of friendships between men and women and how they will never work’

‘Mike Gayle’s written about it all’

About the Author
Previously an Agony Uncle, Mike Gayle is a freelance journalist who has contributed to a variety of magazines including FHM, Sunday Times Style and Cosmopolitan. He is the author of five previous bestselling novels.

Customer Reviews

Brand New Fan
I am a new convert to Mike Gayle and this is the first novel of his I have read (I actually only bought it as it was a perfect partner with Steve Horsfall's You Are Here).The story sees the central character, Rob, moving to a new city to be with his girlfriend, but then finding he has no mates - his best new friend turns out to be another girl. A simple and breezy plot, written with wit and great insight into relationships. I loved it and will now go back and read some more Mike Gyale books.

Gayle does it again
Great, fab, wonderful. I have read all Mike Gayles books and find myself waiting for his next title to publish........so you can imagine my joy when i realised "A Brand New Friend" had been released in time for my holiday, I read it in a day! You just have to know what happens. It was the usual mix of humour and raw emotion, i found myself laughing out loud, and at times just aching for the predicament of the characters. Another great, great book.....keep them coming. Highly recommended

Consistently good
Just to echo a lot of the other reviews on here, Mike Gayle has delivered another excellent offering. They are never going to stretch the brain too much but they do tap into the male mind so well.

Gayle always gives you great, believable characters and is so in touch with modern society. Rob is no different, he's an instantly likeable character, I could easily see elements of myself in him.

I'd thoroughly recommend this book, and all of Gayle's others.