There are two things you should know about me immediately. First, I'm beautiful, second, yesterday I killed a man named Gerald Fox. Both are accidents... Life in Coventry did not work out from the very beginning, as soon as it was named after an English provincial town. No, Coventry has everything like people do - a nice house, a boring husband, decent teenage children. In a word, the most ordinary life. But one day a catastrophe happens - Coventry kills her vile neighbor, without meaning to. And, realizing that his usual life is over once and for all, Coventry goes on the run. And if a person runs away from himself and his life, then strange people, strange places, incredible people inevitably await him, but most importantly, previously impossible thoughts. This novel by Sue Townsend is from the gold reserve of English literature, a true treasure in which excellent humor is hidden , and subtle observations, and non-trivial thoughts. A true classic.