The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

By: Matt Cain

Narrated by: Layton Williams

It's never too late to start your life's big adventure....

Albert Entwistle was a postman. It was one of the few things everyone knew about him. And it was one of the few things he was comfortable with people knowing.

Sixty-four-year-old Albert Entwistle has been a postie in a quiet town in Northern England for all his life, living alone since the death of his mam 18 years ago. He keeps himself to himself. He always has. But he's just learned he'll be forced to retire at his next birthday. With no friends and nothing to look forward to, the lonely future he faces terrifies him. He realises it's finally time to be honest about who he is. He must learn to ask for what he wants. And he must find the courage to look for George, the man that, many years ago, he lost - but has never forgotten....

Narrated by Layton Williams, join Albert as he sets out to find the long-lost love of his life and has an unforgettable and completely life-affirming adventure on the way.... This is a love story the likes of which you have never listened to before!

This audiobook contains exclusive interviews by Matt Cain with gay men on their experiences growing up through the 1950s to within the 1970s and the 1980s.

©2021 Matt Cain (P)2021 Headline Publishing Group Limited

Critic reviews

"Wonderful. Written with such a good heart, filled with joy and strength and optimism...inventive and fun but most importantly, true." (Russell T. Davies)

"A rollicking love story." (Ian McKellen)

"I loved it! Really heart-warming and joyful, but also so poignant. I cannot recommend this book highly enough." (Lorraine Kelly)

I would give this book a 6 out of 5!

This is the sweetest and loveliest thing I have read in decades. I just loved this story ❤️
Thank you so much Matt Cain! I can't wait to read your other books!

Finally a story for older gay guys

It was so great to finally find a story that has as its main character someone my own age range. This is well worth a listen/read.

Great story

Learned so much about the struggles of the gay community. It must have been a very difficult time for youths to discover their sexual preferences and live with them when much was forbidden. The narration irritated me at times as many words were not fully pronounced …. I’m now wondering if maybe that is the way people speak in the area where much of the story is based. Apologies if that is the case … my ignorance.

Ultimate mood booster

I loved this book so much. The narrator was amazing too! I hope he narrates the writer’s next book as well. He really made the story come to life.