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The Three Types of Blokes

There seem to be three types of blokes as far as the women are concerned. Sweetheart, cheeky chappy and bad boy. I've started off with Douglas Peterson from David Nichols's us longlisted in 2014. He is devoted to his wife but devotion is not always an appealing characteristic. You could probably make a case for Howard - you can get on girls nerves after a while. So I've given him a bit of a challenge actually because his partner is Agnes Bain from Shuggie Bain, and he's an alcoholic mother. But rather crucially, this is in the brief time which he's sober. There's one bit where she, I see the saddest line

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