# Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About

By Mil Millington

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/things-my-girlfriend-and-i-have-argued-about-5b75a41b/

Pel can usually muddle through his university library IT job and go home to Ursula and their two sons. His boss's disappearance spoils that arrangement. Promotion brings him stolen money, missing colleagues and mafia business, while the arguments at home continue on their familiar course.

## What makes it funny?

Car keys, chores and the trouble of moving house give Pel and Ursula ample material for a fight. Kirkus points to the organized physiotherapist and her disorganized partner as the engine of these exchanges.

### The comedy at work

Millington has said he wanted the couple to stay firmly together while the world around them became increasingly insane. Their bickering is an expression of intimacy, and the criminal workplace plot keeps raising the pressure outside the house.

### Try this if…

The appeal lies in a long-established couple's verbal combat, with university farce and criminal complications thrown in. Readers who enjoy domestic comedy without needing a new courtship have a useful starting point.

### Good to know

Kirkus found the thriller plot thin and the storytelling episodic despite enjoying its wit. Sexual humor and criminal conspiracies are part of the mix.

## What to expect

- Genre: Contemporary & literary · Crime & thriller
- On the shelf: Family comedy · Workplace comedy
- Kind of humor: Banter · Farce
- The atmosphere: Warmhearted
- Format: Novel

## Questions readers ask

### How much is autobiographical?

Millington has said the scenes, incidents and dialogue are invented. He used familiar settings and made Ursula German partly to spare himself extra research.

## Sources & further reading

- Publisher: [Publisher and author interview](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/114952/things-my-girlfriend-and-i-have-argued-about-by-mil-millington)
- Review: [Trade review](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mil-millington/things-my-girlfriend-and-i-have-argued-about)