• by Chris Wade
• Narrated by Charlie Chuck
• LENGTH 31 mins
• PUBLISHER Wisdom Twins Books
• Rating 7/10 Surreal

Publisher’s Summary

From writer Chris Wade (Cutey and the Sofaguard, Hound Dawg Magazine) and comedy legend Charlie Chuck (Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, The James Whale Show) comes You Only Live Once Thank Goodness, a hilarious new audiobook that combines everyday life with a very questionable reality. The plot follows the adventures of a man working in the most exciting stationery shop known to man, where he encounters such colourful characters as Dickie Bustrash, the Tiny Little Pea Gum Otter and a beautiful young woman he finds himself falling in love with. The day to day goings on are narrated by Charlie Chuck, who reads the story with his trademark lunacy, combining with Wade’s surreal style to create a unique comedy.

Tumpliner Review

If you’ve just finished reading a Robert Harris or Stieg Larsson tome, this is going to come as quite a literary jolt. I can quite safely say that I have never read anything like this before. It took me a while to get used to Yorkshire comedian Charlie Chuck’s best telephone voice, but I quite enjoyed Chris Wade’s surreal description of this alarmingly eventful world of stationery and accessories. The story only extends to around half an hour, but it is filled with such intensity that you feel as if you’ve consumed a whole shelf full of similes and metaphors. But the real question is, can Karen cut the custard?