1. Life is hard. 2. Nothing you attempt to do will ever be successful. 3. There are the Haves and the Have-nots. We are the Have-nots - always will be. 4.

Never rely on anyone, they will let you down. 5. Take care of Number One, and screw everyone else. R.I.P. DAVE KANE. LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER AND FRIEND.

1941 - 2003 The silverback is considered to be the undisputed king of the jungle - a creature whose authority is never challenged, who does not yield to compromise - an imposing primate who watches over his family and ensures his urges are met. The silverback walks proudly, feeds greedily, grafts tirelessly, mates voraciously, swears constantly but is threatened all too easily. He is known to nestle in the misty peaks of central Africa, but can also be found in Barking, Essex. Meet Dave Kane, the disappointed steroid-ingesting, metal-wielding, door-bouncing father of slight, effete, gamma-male Russell Kane. This is the hilarious and deeply moving memoir of a life lived under the rule of a silverback. It's a story about fathers and sons, class and education and how one scrawny, sensitive, fake-tan applying 'ponce' of a boy, stepped out of his father's shadow and became a man - whatever that means. £16.99.