Unmade Beds

Unmade Beds is a black comedy of vanity and desire, of love and isolation. Set in the sexual jungle of the New York singles scene it follows four real life characters; Brenda, a former lap dancer, is in search of a wealthy older man to solve her money problems; Michael, 5ft 4 ins and 40 years old, has spent fifteen years in his search for a wife - now he has a professional ‘dating’ coach; Aimee can’t believe that at twenty eight she still isn’t married and at 225lb the only men she seems to attract are big women fetishists; At 54 Mikey seems to be losing his touch with his only conquests appearing to be in his screenplays that no-one wants to produce. Equipped with ample provisions of self-delusion, misogny, anti-semitism and homophobia, Brenda, Michael, Aimee and Mikey frantically pursue their impossible dreams. Four extraordinary characters in a desperate search for love and meaning in their lives!

Nicholas Barker was director of the TV series Signs of the Times, a glorious comedy of manners about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ taste and From A to B, his comic sequel about our obsession with the car. Both books were collaborations with photographer Martin Parr.