England All Over by Joseph Gallivan

England All Over

Joseph Gallivan

Ever wondered how you get to be a tour guide with a coach company? Read this and it may not be your chosen career path. Clive Pointing, jobless, divorced and with a murky past finds life with Britannia Tours just one step away from suicide. But believe me, it is very funny!

Extract
He wasn't sacked and he didn't fancy a change of direction. He had resigned his teaching post, and looking back it was the last bit of good luck he'd had - the Government cracked down on teacher-pupil sex just a few months later. He shuddered to think it, but he could have been face down in Brixton Prison right now if history had moved at a different pace.
Parallels
  • Awaydays by Kevin Sampson
  • Mr Commitment by Mike Gayle