This is really not a novel, more of a diary. I love diaries because I am very nosy and I love that feeling of being the intimate confidant of a person with whom I need not reciprocate.
Andy Leeks is the diarist concerned. He wrote his book on the commuter train whilst his fellow commuters seemed to be sleeping or downing cans of Stella. Andy is a nice 30-something, he lives far out of London and has plenty of time to write on his iPad on the train, even standing up and with one hand. He doesn't mind standing up for people who want to sit down, because he sits down all day doing something in finance. He outlines a scheme for giving priority train seats to those who have to stand up at work all day. This is the kind of thing he is good at. He outlines other ideas for interesting changes, e.g. moving New Year away from Christmas.
The trouble is he says he is going to write for a year on his commute, and he only does about 4 months. He started last September. Sept 2012. I believe he is still writing, but now he is on Volume II and this is not fair. Volume I is far too short. Still, it only cost 75p or something ridiculous for the Kindle version, so if you've got a Kindle, and you're interested in commuter trains, and taking stuff back to the shops, and cooking with Jamie Oliver's recipes, and how strange it is that people actually use the toilets on trains, and going bald, and when to start wearing a coat, I recommend this book.
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