He Died with a Felafel in His Hand

John Birmingham has lived with eighty-nine people and kept notes on all of them. This is their story.€˜A rat died in the room at King Street and we didn’t know. There was at least six inches of compacted rubbish between our feet and the floor. Old Ratty must have crawled in there and died of pleasure. A visitor uncovered him while groping about for a beer.€™€˜A very entertaining freak show €¦ an epic of squalor and degradation.€™ The Guardian€˜One of the funniest books ever.€™ Loaded