The most shocking thing about Barbara Dunne isn't how big she's gotten through the sport of bodybuilding. No, it's how big she's made her husband in twenty years of grossly overfeeding him. Desperate to have a child, Barbara intends to take drastic measures to maintain this odd coupling. In the winding estates of Santry, Dublin, she must banish her husband's drinking buddy, an aging skirt chaser with more gut than charm. Battle the botox-stiffened blonde trying to steal his heart. And worst of all, Barbara Dunne will have to destroy her husband's newfound desire to go on a diet.A demented downward spiral of tragic black humour, BULK by Simon Fay is a story you won't soon forget.