Logging Off

From bestselling author Nick Spalding comes a laugh-out-loud story about getting offline--and getting on with life.

Andy Bellows is in a right state. Plagued with insomnia, anxiety and neckache, he's convinced there's something seriously wrong with him. And the worst thing is that his doctor agrees. The diagnosis: Andy is in the grip of a self-destructive addiction to technology--he just cannot put that bloody mobile phone down.

Texting, tweeting, gaming and online dating--technology rules Andy's life. His phone even monitors his bowel movements. So how will he cope when he's forced to follow doctor's orders and step away from all of his beloved screens?

From having to leave the flat in search of food like some kind of Neanderthal to engaging in conversations with actual people, Andy's about to discover just how bewildering--and scary--the analogue world can be.

And when his sixty-day detox hits the headlines--making him a hero to suffering technophiles everywhere--Andy is sorely tempted to pack it all in and escape in the nearest Uber.

Can he get himself out of this mess, and work out how to live a better, technologically balanced life...without consulting Google even once?

Nick Spalding is an author who, try as he might, can't seem to write anything serious.

Before becoming a full-time author, he worked in the communications industry, mainly in media and marketing. As talking rubbish for a living can get tiresome (for anyone other than a politician), he thought he'd have a crack at writing comedy fiction--with a very agreeable level of success so far, it has to be said. Nick has now sold about two million books--including a million books sales with Amazon Publishing alone. This flabbergasts him every single day.

Nick lives in the south of England with his lovely (and extremely patient) wife. He's now in his mid-forties--and is rather annoyed at the universe about it, because it gave him no choice in the matter. He's also addicted to Thai food, still thinks Batman is just about the coolest thing on earth, and has a dreadful singing voice.

Nick's Twitter: @NickSpalding

Nick's Facebook: www.facebook.com/NickSpalding