"Waiting for God"

by Paul Ableman

A novel based on the BBC1 comedy series of the same name, featuring an eccentric elderly couple and their bizarre assortment of relatives and friends.

Genres: Fiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published February 11, 1995

About the author

Paul Ableman was an English playwright and novelist. He wrote an eclectic mix of literary novels, erotic fiction, television novelizations, and non-fiction.

Ableman was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, into a Jewish family, and brought up mainly in New York. He later settled in Hampstead, London. His father was a tailor and his mother was a small-time actress.

Ableman was married twice, first to Tina Carrs-Brown in 1958; then to Sheila Hutton-Fox in 1978 until his death in 2006.

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

HIlarious! Two old people, one sweet and one grumpy, meet and become "friends." Very true to the PBS series.

[Kain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliantly funny and cute in the right moments.