Originally titled ‘The Death of Reginald Perrin’, this is the book that found national fame when David converted it into a TV series starring Leonard Rossiter. It tells the tale of Reginald Iolanthe Perrin, a senior sales executive at Sunshine Desserts, who behaves more and more strangely, until eventually he leaves all his clothes on a beach, goes off to lead a new life, but is drawn back to his old life and ends up marrying his wife in disguise.