How Not To Kill Yourself When Living In The Suburbs - Adam Vincent

Nine years ago, Adam was kidnapped by love from the sunny shores of Melbourne, Australia and was taken to the sleepy English town of Bedford where he was ordered to live in a semi-detached house with a tiny garden surrounded by people who demand he be a father, a husband, and a provider. He's run the numbers and the only way he can escape into the dreamland of retirement is if he dies at fifty-eight.

Less a journal and more a hilarious transcript of what not to do when you're a forty-something dad, Adam documents his thoughts, doubts and fears while attempting to answer suburban living's most pressing questions. The biggest being, how will he pay for it?