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TAKE ME OUT is a novel set in the City Of York, England.Cover Blurb : ' Lauren Seymour likes a well-ordered existence. She bothers no-one and is bothered even less. Passing her time in York she likes nothing better than the occasional crisp sandwich, reality TV, listening to her CD collection and ignoring the advice of her big gay housemate. Whilst nurturing her resentment at the loss of her best friend to a proposal of marriage and a new life in New York an early morning phone-call suddenly shakes her out of her comfortable groove. How do you react when the odd guy you once tried to avoid befriending whilst at university claims that you are now the only person on the planet who could possibly help him ? When that man has been pulled half alive out of the icy-cold waters of the River Ouse after attempting to kill himself you might feel obliged to at least see what you could do. Itâ€™s been over ten years since she last laid eyes on his awkward figure, but a drunken promise has now come back to haunt her. What she discovers in the 32 year old Robert P.Gorman is a man who has kept the ashes of his dead granny under his bed for ten years, and who hasnâ€™t bought an item of clothing for a similar length of time. Yet he doesnâ€™t seem completely beyond redemption. Could she be the one to rescue Robert ? Knowing what to do for the best is not always easy, particularly when your mum is expecting you to provide her with grandkids and youâ€™re convinced you actually look like a skinny good-looking bloke. Life is full of surprises and even the best laid plans can sometimes go awry. TAKE ME OUT is a book about friendship, love, and making decisions. When stories begin to emerge about Robertâ€™s mysterious past Lauren has to decide who to believe and where her loyalties ultimate lie. No one ever said this life business was going to be easy.'ABOUT THE AUTHOR :Martyn Clayton is a thirtysomething writer who minds his own business and enjoys a crisp sandwich. When not watching reality TV, listening to Camera Obscura or avoiding good advice, he can be found dancing in the kitchen and wishing he had cheekbones. He too lives in York but doesn't know anyone called Robert.TAKE ME OUT now has its own mini-site :

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Readers, lots of readers !Martyn will tell you more if you're interested.Now you can take the Take Me Out character quiz. Which character do you most closely resemble ? Which character in "Take Me Out" are you ?Lauren , Robert , Francis , Beth ,and Millie , all have their own Myspace pages where you can find out more about the background and personalities of the principal characters in the book.

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Music:

Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, The Long Blondes, Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, Little Man Tate, The Hussy's, Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Manic Street Preachers, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Saint Etienne, The Sounds, CSS, Klaxons

Movies:

Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite, My Summer Of Love, Kes,

Books:

Nick Hornby, Tony Parsons, Simon Armitage, Marian Keyes, Mike Gayle, Gervase Phinn, Ian Macmillan, Irvine Welsh, Danny Wallace, Dave Gorman, Daphne Du Maurier, Roddy Doyle

Heroes:

Positive people who give stuff a go.

My Blog

Pre-Order a copy of TAKE ME OUT now !

The time has inevitably come around when I start to shamelessly plug the product of my last six months graft. Take Me Out my story of love, camp statues of the Virgin mary and crazy head stuff in the ...
Posted by Take Me Out on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:12:00 PST

Thank yous, putting on a do and more about the characters

So I managed to actually post an excerpt of TAKE ME OUT without turning immediately into a nervous self-conscious wreck. Whatever next ? I might actually start going out more and meeting new people i...
Posted by Take Me Out on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:30:00 PST

TAKE ME OUT EXCERPT - A VIRTUAL LIFE

Ok, here's the very first excerpt from Take Me Out. It concerns the pleasures or otherwise of Myspace and I thought it was probably quite appropriate seeing as Lauren and the other principal ch...
Posted by Take Me Out on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:23:00 PST

Freaky eaters, becoming an auntie and heading offski

I have a bit of a thing for trashy television. I'm currently addicted to all those diet programmes. Freaky Eaters on BBC Three has been a real treat. Every week we are introduced to someone who has m...
Posted by Take Me Out on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:33:00 PST

Vegetable shenanigans, Kernow Bys Vyken, and stuff brewing

I heard a story at the weekend about a man who was divorcing his wife on the grounds of mistaken identity. Fair dues you're probably thinking. It's one thing to think you've married a fit young love ...
Posted by Take Me Out on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:04:00 PST

Sharing the secrets of my morning notebook

Every morning after I've had my three mugs of coffee and briefly considered breakfast I like to pick up a notepad and write. I sit down for about half an hour and just go with the first thing that com...
Posted by Take Me Out on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:48:00 PST

Bulbous alliums, getting pixellated, teenage heartbreak and scrumpy vomit with scallies.

I received some shocking news yesterday. I'm still reeling. Yesterday morning I tootled into town, as is often my wont when the sun is shining. Whilst enjoying my regular perambulation I thought I'd j...
Posted by Take Me Out on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:53:00 PST

Talking in my sleep, skinny-rakes and charmless pretend punks

I talk in my sleep. The other morning whilst Rach was up and about and I was still snoozing obliviously I apparently said in a clear steady voice ; "Well, at least it's a well-balanced diet". I have ...
Posted by Take Me Out on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:10:00 PST

A proper effort, trying to be positive, not being from Mars or Venus, and the white-stuff

It's fair to say that I haven't up until now invested an awful lot of effort into my Myspace blog. Essentially, I've been finding tenuous reasons to post YouTube videos I like. This is the blogging e...
Posted by Take Me Out on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:02:00 PST