To be accurate, 'A Sportin' Life' isn't just a collection of stories. It's also a sideways, often rude, but good natured look at Northern folk and Northern life with a fair-sized dollop of the after-life thrown in for good measure.

Without a whippet or a Woodbine in sight, Lancashire writer Steve Morris brings to life such characters as Barney and Vera Grimshaw, Kinky Keith, Marlene the cat-loving call-girl and Slap-head Clint. And, as well as introducing you to the now infamous Borin' Brenda, Steve also gives the low-down on Stanley Hargreaves, Brenda's equally boring husband.

Included in this collection are tales of mid-life crisis, electronic romance, failed marriage and sexual obsession. There's a vision of Hell, some thoughts on retirement, the true(ish) tale of the Wimbledon Widower, the story of Norman the vomiting Morris Dancer, and the shocking 'Ballad of Jacuzzi Joe'.

Jim Bowen's foreword

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