"Very, very funny. Haven't laughed out loud so much when reading a book since I last read Tom Sharpe and actually this was probably funnier." Thus reads a typical review for The Peppered Moth on Amazon.

Melissa Viney, a journalist and broadcaster who has written for The Guardian and presented BBC Radio Four's "Something Understood" described The Peppered Moth as "Fluent, well honed, clear and funny with good vivid description – quite an art I think." She also commented that the book had her 'exploding with mirth' in bed – much to the irritation of her partner.

The Peppered Moth is an outrageous and lively romp through late Twentieth Century London that one reader has described as "f***ing hilarious'. Pitilessly skewering such monsters as a personal loan company boss but equally scathing of the out-of-control mores of political correctness, this is a blast of fresh air that tackles the delicate subject of identity with what appears to be reckless glee.

When Michael Peel awakes on the most important day in his business calendar it is to find that he has undergone a transformation. Although only skin deep, it is a change that immediately induces hysteria in his wife. The police are called and Mr Peel finds himself on the run, the prime suspect in a murder case and the focus of a national news story. Forced to impersonate a fictitious friend he embarks on a desperate adventure that will involve him in everything from enforced stand up comedy to naked cycling in South London – and will test every fibre of his being. Culminating in a riot in Trafalgar Square this is a hilarious roller coaster that will have you laughing out loud.

"Loved, I mean LOVED The Peppered Moth." Wrote Carol Cooper, a magazine copy editor who was invited to read an early draft of The Peppered Moth. "It has a deliciously cosy, old-fashioned English sense of humour, wrapped around a modern message about race relations in modern multicultural Britain, bourgeois preconceptions and the role of the media. Right from the opening scene, with Mr Peel contemplating his espadrilles and worrying about fish and mortgage payments, you are 100% engaged with this character. He starts off as a recognisably unremarkable man, deeply English and slightly stuffy. In his inadequacy and propensity for embarrassment and 'skirting the issue' he is J Alfred Prufrock meets Basil Fawlty. He's not possessed of much courage but, as his situation becomes increasingly bizarre and farcical, as with all good heroes, he finds hitherto uncalled for reserves of strength and character. The resolution is a delight and when the moth set-up is finally paid off it is as satisfying as good sneeze brought on by a dose of pepper."