Rita fell down the stairs at twenty-two minutes past midnight.'

Robin Cooper, author of The Timewaster Letters, turns his hand to diary writing in this hilarious new novel.

The year starts badly for Robin, who is fired for writing too many letters on company time, and for his wife Rita, who sprains her ankle (yet again). But Robin has a cunning plan - his marrying of the crossword and Sudoku into his devilish 'crossoku' - which might just make their fortune...

Addictive . . . This is Mole's diary style given a deft and thoroughly imaginative update * Metro *
The serial timewaster catalogues his completely absurd and amusing life in his debut novel * Heat *

Robert Popper is a writer, producer and performer, best known for creating the Channel 4 smash hit comedy, Friday Night Dinner, as well as the award-winning spoof BBC2 science show, Look Around You. He has also worked on many of Britain's top comedy shows including Peep Show, The Inbetweeners, The IT Crowd and Stath Lets Flats, as well as writing on South Park.