A review by jeremyhornik
MR Phillips by John Lanchester

4.0

Mr. Phillips, the first workday after he is made redundant at his job, wanders around London thinking about sex and wondering how he will tell his wife. Kind of like NEXT, and of course, Rreminiscent of the other big 'middle-aged man walks around a city thinking about sex' book (rhymes with SHMOO-LISSIES). I liked it. Not much happens (although both MR PHILLIPS and NEXT have moments of random violence thrown in) but the thinking about things feels very familiar.