The Life and Loves of Jet Tea

by Joe Gardner

In the wake of a terrible break-up, Jet Tea takes to the high streets of suburban West London to drink away his troubles with his society-hating friends.
While his friends are content to bash commuters' heads in with golf clubs, display their genitals on dance floors and find ever-more creative uses of the C-word, Jet Tea realises he needs to find love, and will look everywhere for it... Except for where he should be looking.
Love, laughter, music and magic combine in this hilarious tale of the booze-fueled wasters of England's dead-end towns.

"Elements of Douglas Adams to the prose... Comforting, thought-provoking and hilarious throughout." - Paulschiernecker.com

"One of the most refreshing books in a long while. A joy to read." - Teatone.net

342 pages, Paperback

First published March 11, 2013

About the author

Joe Gardner is an author from West London. Heavily influenced by writers from across the centuries, from Dickens and Kafka to Pratchett, Adams and Gaiman, as well as British cinema and the psychology of the young and drunk, Gardner penned his first novel, The Life and Loves of Jet Tea in 2013.
Gardner also regularly writes and performs darkly comic folk songs, going by the stage name 'Groke', named after the antagonist of the Finnish children's book series 'The Moomins', by Tove Jansson. Many of the themes of his songs are further explored in his fiction.

Joe Gardner is currently working on his second, as yet untitled novel; a ghost story set upon the bleak Kentish coast.

His regularly updated blog, which features short stories, film reviews and tongue-in-cheek topical articles, can be found at JoeBlogs