Bindle

Meet Joseph Bindle: office worker, accidental disaster, and the most lovable menace to walk the streets of London. When Bindle sets out to fix something, it had better stay fixed or face the consequences. When he tells a story, the truth takes a holiday. When he walks through life, he leaves a trail of good-natured destruction in his wake, and somehow emerges unscathed, grinning. Bindle operates on a simple philosophy: jokes are the anesthetic that makes the operation of life bearable. These stories follow his adventures at work, at home, and everywhere in between, capturing the comedy and drama of ordinary existence. Jenkins created something remarkable in early twentieth-century British literature: a working-class everyman whose humor, optimism, and gentle rebellion transcend his era. For readers who want to laugh while recognizing something true about the human condition, Bindle delivers.