'Are you starting to feel cast adrift from mainstream culture?
Do you find yourself shouting at Radio 4?
Does littering make you make you so angry you fear for your health, while those lovely comfy trousers with elasticated waistbands have started to call you from the wardrobe?

If so, then you must have reached middle age. But have no fear! Marcus Berkmann's pin-sharp and joyfully ranty guide is here to help you survive the male midlife crisis with your dignity intact (or at least have a jolly good laugh about it)' Daily Mail

'A laugh or carefully crafted insight on almost every page' Jonathan Maitland, Mail on Sunday

'Warm, funny and wise . . . A sort of Zen and the Art of Midlife Management' Independent on Sunday