This is a review of the 2003 book "Man and wife" by Tony Parsons. I had read "My Favourite Wife" and "The Family Way" a few years ago and had enjoyed reading them but had had this book on the shelf a while. I've done my usual trick of reading book two without reading the first in the series (Man and Boy) but you can pick up what happened in the first few chapters without missing out too much. Cover pic In Man and Wife, the front cover is quite eye catching with Darth Vader and a doll in a white dress (a wedding picture?) which makes sense when you read the book. The main characters are twice married Harry Silver, his son Pat ...  Read the complete review

Would you like to live the 'Impossible Dream'? Harry Silver would. While trying to deal with his life's many different areas - ex-wife, son,wife, stepdaughter, mother and career - a new girl on the scene unsettles him. Could this become the perfect life he craves? Could she be the perfect wife? Harry Silver is the main character in Tony Parson's very funny, very moving novel - Man and Wife. As I prepared this review,I wondered why it was called 'Man and Wife', not 'Husband' and Wife or Man and 'Woman', but 'Man and Wife', so I checked the dictionary definitions - Man means 'human being', Wife means ...  Read the complete review

As I’d read ‘Man and Boy’, it only seemed fair that I read the sequel and found out the latest exploits of our friend, Harry Silver. The cover of the book is pretty eye catching – completely black with a mini Darth Vader (red light sabre clutched in left hand - was DV left handed?!) and his pretty dolly bride with curly hair. I guess this is partly what drew me to it, but as I’d read a couple of his other books I thought it would be a pretty safe bet that I’d enjoy it. On the inside cover is a photo of Tony Parsons and a few words about him saying that he was a regular guest on BBC TV's 'Late Review' for six years. He's a columnist for The Mirror ...  Read the complete review