The Long Shoe
ISBN: 9781398548084
Description
Bathroom salesman Matt is at a crossroads. He has lost his job, he is about to be made homeless and his girlfriend has left him. He wants his luck to change and he wants things to go back to how they were. Out of the blue he is offered a job that comes with a free luxury apartment. He hopes this might be enough to tempt her back. But, as events unfold, it starts to dawn on him that perhaps she didn't leave of her own accord after all.
Reviewed on 30th May 2026
Bob's back with a standalone third novel, where we meet recently-redundant bathroom-furniture salesman Matt as he gets drawn into a series of complex situations.
In style and tone, it's remarkably similar to Mortimer's previous novels. It almost feels in places like it wants to be a sequel about the same character, but the plot didn't work, so he's been recast. It's very much more of the same in a new setting.
I love how utterly random it can be, while still maintaining a totally plausible plotline throughout and all the pieces coming together in the end. It's artfully constructed to tell the story in a fantastic way.
I've really enjoyed another story from Bob Mortimer - it's like the ones he tells on TV but that just keeps going.
