Obstacles to Young Love

(Paperback)

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From one of the greatest comedic writers of a generation comes a story of love, faith and taxidermy.
Three mighty obstacles threaten the burgeoning love of childhood sweethearts Timothy Pickering and Naomi Walls. They are Steven Venables, a dead curlew and God.

1978: Two lovers perch precariously on the cusp of adulthood. Timothys father decides its time for him to take on the family taxidermy business; while Naomi dreams of a career on the stage.

Across the decades their lives continue to interweave, and occasionally cross bound by the pull of intoxicating first love. But will their destinies ultimately unite them

Nobbs moves his exceptional comic talent to a new-found depth. Memorable and moving, a tale of love won and love lost. You will never look at the art of taxidermy in the same way again.

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Praise for Obstacles to Young Love:

Painfully hilarious, wonderfully observed and slight sour at the same time. Guardian

Thank goodness for David Nobbs! He carries on the comic tradition of P G Wodehouse with this marvellous new book; a sweet and touching love story written with his trademark sly and subversive humour. A perfect antidote to these dark times. Joanne Harris

Praise for David Nobbss novels:

Probably our finest post-war comic novelist Jonathan Coe

A delicious entertainment, as comic and sharp as they come Guardian

The most satisfying novel I have read in years Express

A marvellously comic novel Sunday Times

One of the most noisily funny books I have ever read Michael Palin

Very funny sketches of provincial newspaper life Sue Townsend

We should be thankful for the continuing brilliance of David Nobbs Going Gently is richly funny and rich in many other ways. Buy it Mail on Sunday

Author Bio

David Nobbs was born in Orpington and educated at Marlborough, Cambridge and in the Royal Corps of Signals, where he reached the lofty rank of Signalman. His first job was as a reporter on the Sheffield Star, and his first break as a comedy writer came on the iconic satire show That Was The Week, That Was, hosted by David Frost. Later he wrote for The Frost Report and The Two Ronnies and provided material for many top comedians including Les Dawson, Ken Dodd, Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howerd and Dick Emery. But David is probably best known for his two TV hit series A Bit of a Do and for The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, with Leonard Rossiter, now revived in a contemporary version written by David with Simon Nye and starring Martin Clunes. David Nobbs died in 2015 at the age of eighty.