num_pages: 336
description: By all appearances, Laurence Passmore is sitting pretty. True, he is almost bald and his nickname is "Tubby," but the TV sitcom he writes keeps the money coming in, he has an exclusive house in Rummridge, a state-of-the-art car, a vigorous sex life with his wife of thirty years, and a platonic mistress to talk shop with. What money can't buy, and his many therapists can't deliver, is contentment. It's not the trouble behind the scenes of his TV show that's bugging him or even the persistent pain in his knee; it's this deeper, nameless unease. Is it a spiritual crisis or just one of the midlife variety?Tubby's quest for the source of it will lead into an obsession with Kierkegaard, brushes with the police, gossip-column notoriety, and strange beds and bedrooms worldwide.
language: English
title: Therapy
titlecomplete: Therapy
genres: Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Roman, Comedy, Psychology, British Literature, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 3900
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in South Asia and Europe
publisher: Penguin Books