Midlife Mayhem takes a bizarre and humorous look at the impact of a midlife crisis based on the interactions between three inner voices - the Brain, the Belly and the Beast.

Narrated by the Brain, the story is an off-beat and non-pc portrayal of the private struggle facing any man as he ages; the desire to remain youthful and virile in face of the ravages of time and the effects of too much good food and wine. Driven by Beast’s primeval urges and constant bullying, for many years Brain has suffered the consequences of those cravings culminating in a failed marriage. The arrival of Belly, a lazy and manipulative bon-vivant, signals a major escalation of the crisis as Brain struggles to cope with the battle for supremacy that ensues between Beast and Belly, with hilarious consequences for love, life and career.

Midlife Mayhem is not very long, 50,000 words approx. and is intended as a quick, funny read: ‘chewing gum for the brain’ is perhaps an appropriate description.