Mervyn S. Whyte
ASIN: B00U42YUS2
Publisher: M.S.W. Press
Pages: 313
Four weeks off his fortieth birthday and with a mid-life crisis looming large on the horizon, shelf-stacker and self-proclaimed philosopher, Victor Porter, regrets ever joining the working classes. Attempting to write his magnum opus in his head while at the same time as trying to survive a typical day at work, standing in his way are the fine messes his friend Malcolm gets him in to, the constant surveillance from Kurtz the security guard, the amorous attentions of Customer Services’ hopeless romantic Violet, and the homicidal threats from a twenty-five stone monster called Angel. With a pocketful of midget porn burning a hole in his reputation, scribbled threats to kill his department manager and burn down the store discovered on his person, and a mix up over an engagement ring, Victor’s day steadily slides into a slapstick nightmare of stolen locker keys and sorties into the ladies ...