The Bio
Colm Liddy is a writer, musician, pharmacist, father of five, but most importantly, a husband. Thus he often irritates his wife in a variety of ways, including but not limited to… forgetting her birthday, driving too fast, reading the newspaper when he should be mowing the lawn, playing with the children in a reckless fashion, always wanting more sex, never bothering to wash the grill, doing what his mother tells him rather than what his wife advises, and refusing to even discuss a vasectomy.
His wife is a very patient woman.
The Book
It’s a humourous account of married couples, all across the planet, throughout the course of history, having rows about everything that couples have rows about… sex, having children, not having children, whose turn it is to do the washing up, the family finances, the in-laws and in one case where the couple have a pet cat that gets killed in a very unfortunate accident, no one’s fault, just one of those things, well ok actually it is the wife’s fault, but the husband doesn’t dwell on that fact, doesn’t make matters worse by banging on about it, instead they argue about the correct way to dispose of the poor little fella’s remains.
40 Fights Between Husbands and Wives
Couples. Couples at war. Couples apparently at peace - with war simmering beneath the surface. Desire frustrated. Desire, satisfied - but in surprising ways. Revenge at its most creative. Reconciliation at its most tender. Love. Perhaps. Here is the story of how couples are forever tripped up by the missteps of love and sex. This delightfully playful and highly original work gets under the skin of relationships through the ages - showing the infinity of ways men and women drive each other crazy, yet remain essential to one another.
Colm Liddy's first book, published by Penguin Ireland, is available now in all bookshops, whether good or bad. For more information contact colmliddy "at" eircom.net
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