Slam

A British man's life unravels after he is fired from his job and his wife leaves him, and he finds a new sense of purpose and identity through the underground poetry slam scene. The novel blends a coming-of-age arc with a satire of British middle-class life, and the humor is genuinely funny rather than mean-spirited, so comic-fiction and contemporary-literature fit better than pure drama. Moods lean hopeful and reflective as the protagonist rebuilds himself, with a melancholic undercurrent from his initial downfall. No violence or explicit content warrants any content warnings.