Pre-Order for 21st May 2026: Signed copy of Common Decency by Tom Allen

PRE-ORDER now for a SIGNED copy (available 21st May, 2026)

The darkly comic fiction debut from beloved comedian and presenter Tom
Allen.

It may be quiet in the suburbs, but it's far from peaceful . . .

Oak Drive can be found nestled tidily in an unassuming English town. Its uniform front gardens overlook a midsized common and magnificent oak tree, which the street's residents survey with quiet, some might say smug, pride. This is the sort of place where it pays to sweat the small stuff. Bins should be placed back in their right positions in a timely fashion, noise kept to a minimum past 9 pm, and paintwork should share the same tasteful but muted palette. Sometimes, however, big problems come a calling - and all hell can break loose in sleepy suburbia.

Common Decency chronicles the lives and interactions of the street's residents as they band together to save a beloved oak tree from destruction at the hands of ruthless developers. As tensions rise and repressed neuroses and resentments seep out, the secrets of Oak Drive threaten to shatter the well-ordered veneer, revealing some rather more surprising truths...

Tom Allen brings his trademark dark comedy to the page in this brilliant novel about what it truly means to be a neighbourhood...