Turning Thirty (2000)

by Mike Gayle

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Unlike most people Matt Beckford is actually looking forward to turning thirty. After struggling through most of his twenties he thinks his career, finances and love life are finally sorted. But when he splits up with his girlfriend, he realises that life has different plans for him. Unable to cope with his future falling apart Matt temporarily moves back to his parents. During his enforced exodus only his old school mates can keep him sane. Friends he hasn't seen since he was nineteen. Back together after a decade apart. But things will never be the same for any of them because when you're turning thirty nothing's as simple as it used to be.… (more)

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Alarine | Mar 8, 2023 |

This is a light-hearted story of Matt Beckford, a man about to turn 30 who has just split up from his girlfriend and moved back to Birmingham from New York, before he moves again to Australia. When he arrives back in Birmingham he looks up his old pals, including an on/off (more off than on) flame, Ginny.

It's not a taxing read, and not the best Mike Gayle book I've read, but nice and easy nonetheless. (

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nicx27 | Aug 6, 2013 |

A rather simple read, which could do with a better ending. I definitely prefered some of his other books over this one. (

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LordLoki | Apr 4, 2013 |

This was an undemanding, reasonably amusing read. The relationship between the narrator and his sort-of-ex-girlfriend was interesting, as were the amusing asides about his former classmates. The whole end-of-twenties trauma seemed a bit overblown, probably because I'm past forty so I'd swop any day! (

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jayne_charles | Aug 29, 2010 |

It was a fairly undemanding read, although I found the ending a bit of an anti-climax. Lots of good things happen to the main character, which is quite cheering. I preferred Mike's other book "Legendary Girlfriend". (

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Jansson, Katarina	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Voor Jackie Behan en John O'Reilly
twee vrienden die, net als ik, dertig worden.
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Unlike most people Matt Beckford is actually looking forward to turning thirty. After struggling through most of his twenties he thinks his career, finances and love life are finally sorted. But when he splits up with his girlfriend, he realises that life has different plans for him. Unable to cope with his future falling apart Matt temporarily moves back to his parents. During his enforced exodus only his old school mates can keep him sane. Friends he hasn't seen since he was nineteen. Back together after a decade apart. But things will never be the same for any of them because when you're turning thirty nothing's as simple as it used to be.

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A legtöbb emberrel ellentétben Matt Beckford alig várja, hogy harminc legyen. Úgy gondolja, hogy a végigszenvedett húszas évek után végre megoldódik a karrierje, pénzügyei és szerelmi élete is. De amikor szakít a barátnőjével, rájön, hogy a végzet más sorsot szánt neki, és ideiglenesen hazaköltözik a szüleihez.

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