Pre readers of Roddy Doyle, Nick Hornby, a Mark Haddon, Adulterants sú piercingly funny?and cringingly poignant?take na tom, ako tvrdo je to, že sa zvyšuje a ako tvrdí to, keď ste don't. Ray Morris je tech journalist s forgettable face, a tiresome manner, a malý but dedikované skupiny priateľov, a wife, Garthene, ktorý je pregnant. He is a man who has never been punched above the neck. He has never committed adultery with jeho actual body. Som never byť caught up in riot, nie arrested, nie uzatvorený štát, nie byť international hate-figure. Nie until leto 2011, keď discontent je rising na ulici a pri jej manželstve. Ray has noticed none of this. Not yet. Adulterants by mal byť coming-of-age story ak jeho protagonista môže len forget that he is thirty-three years old. Pomocou série eskalácií catastrophes, náš deadpan antihero keeps up a merciless mentalment komentáre na foibles a failings z toho okolo neho, a visí situácie moderného mestského života: internet trolls, buy-to-let landlords, open marriages, and posed by more sensitive men. Ale vonku Adulterants je to, ako sa podarí naše rootingy pre Ray even as acknowledge that he deserves everything he gets.