Amanda Baker

Eating the Vinyl Amanda Baker

The best sex he has is with his ex-wife. His most reliable relationship is with Jack Daniels. His brightest pupil, a mixed-race teenaged boy, is a disaster of social problems and misplaced hero-worship that will get him into extreme trouble. In this pre-social media, crisis of masculinity novel. John Ardle's life is anything but what he'd have wished for. Life in its various guises and cracked manifestations parades in front of John Ardle like a cheap village hall beauty pageant. But for as long as John refuses to open a door to unexpected responsibilities, love doesn't enter either. Between 'About a Boy' and 'Breaking Bad' you'll find 'Eating the Vinyl' - a darker than usual love story, here the love is not where you expect it...