A dazzling urban satire of modern human relations? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? Helen Fieldings devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud account of a year in the life of a thirty-something Singleton launched a genre and transcended the pages of fiction to become a cultural icon. Mass Market Paperback , Movie Tie-In Edition , 310 pages Published March 23rd 2001 by Picador (first published 1996)