Observing the Storm from a Barstool
By Luke Timms
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About this ebook
This is the musings of one of said booze bags in the form of something resembling poetry. You can almost smell the wine and misery.
Fancy a laugh, sob, insight into a new world, or more bog roll? This is the book for you.
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