Don't Try This At Home - Softcover

For Charlie, it probably all started at school with Simon Lowenstein. When the register was called at school, Simon Lowenstein wouldn't answer to his own name, so Charlie would answer for him. Ever since then, Charlie has, occasionally, answered for other people. So, when a beautiful woman he's never met before approaches him with her hand outstretched, asking him if he's Matthew, he can't help but say yes. And, after all, who wouldn't? But this simple deception and a small work-related incident - an ageing gangster died in the filming of a practical joke for the TV show Charlie works on - both conspire to make Charlie realise that being himself might not be so bad. That is if he ever gets the chance again...

Paul Reizin began his career in newspapers and radio before switching to television. As a producer, he has been chiefly involved in factual entertainment, a genre he describes as 'neither factual enough to be documentary, nor entertaining enough to be er, entertainment'. This is his second novel.