Lucky Lupin

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Lucky Lupin is a poignant yet light-hearted story of survival against the odds based on Charlie Mortimer's life with HIVAids during the early years (1984-1996) when there was neither treatment nor cure Using a combination of good luck gallows humour Fray Bentos pies & copious quantities of Solpadeine Charlie survived not only the illness but the hysteria that accompanied the so-called 'gay plague' Anyone infected became a social pariah; had the local launderette got word of his illness they wouldn't have washed his sheets but burnt them Whilst taking full responsibility for the consequences of his behaviour
- ' The fact is you don't get AIDS from watching telly'
- Charlie initially took to the sofa & prepared for death but in time he found the inner strength required to confront his fatal diagnosis becoming among other things an antiques dealer & contemporary art collector With blistering & often hilarious candour Charlie also recounts his childhood where he developed a passion for cars cultivated by his adventurous mother ' Nidnod' his dizzying array of careers & somewhat curious domestic arrangements including the 'adoption' of a bank robber for twelve years He also confronts head on his experiences of coming to terms with confused sexuality addiction epilepsy & clinical depression before finding lasting contentment Praise for Dear Lupin' As well as being the funniest book I've read in ages it's also extremely touching A delight then on every front' The Spectator ' Very very funny' Sunday Times' Wry trenchant often extremely funny but also charmingly forbearing & forgiving' Country Life