- Published: 2 April 2015
- ISBN: 9781448139699
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 384
Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals
- Published: 2 April 2015
- ISBN: 9781448139699
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 384
Within the first few sentences, Love, Sex & Other Foreign Policy Goals had me hooked...combines the best of sitcom-style drama with just the right amount of gravity... Armstrong’s debut manages to be clever and fun while also retaining grittiness. I hope this is the first of many.
Rachael Pells, Independent
Armstrong at his comic best ... Armstrong’s hilarious portrayal of flawed humanity wins it for me.
Lucy Frith, 4 stars, Stylist
A truly comic novel.
Esquire
Very smart.
Good Housekeeping
Original, unabashed and irresistibly funny.
Zoe Williams, Guardian
Armstrong has dry, awkward British humour down to perfection.
i (The paper for today)
Well-written and full of good gags.
Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler
A refreshing, entertaining, funny and relatable read.
Antonia Charlesworth, Big Issue
This is a novel that takes comedy out of its comfort zone… And the good news is that the more serious Armstrong gets, the funnier and filthier the jokes become.
Jake Kerridge, 4 stars, Sunday Express
One of our most accomplished TV writers has announced himself as a novelist to watch with the best Waugh-like war story debut novel sine William Boyd’s A Good Man in Africa almost 35 years ago.
Mark Lawson, New Statesman
It’s very funny and very dry – a debut novel that will clearly be the first of many.
Mario Reading, Spectator
Hilarious and thoughtful.
Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin, Independent
Darkly funny yet moving debut.
Shortlist
A "serious" novel that is genuinely and frequently funny.
Andrew Irwin, The Times Literary Supplement
This debut novel from Jesse Armstrong…is every bit as funny and cringe-inducing as the sitcoms he made his name writing.
Charlotte Ellis, Shortlist
one of the year’s funniest books.
Yasmin Sulaiman, List
brilliantly funny… the dialogue and the characters are fantastic.
Tom Basden, Metro
Armstrong has written a very funny novel about a very nasty war without being disrespectful or patronising – a remarkable achievement
Misha Glenny