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The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson


2012
04.01

“This one is a tad different. For a first novel I’m impressed.
It’s a delightfully odd story about the adult children of a pair of avant-garde performance artists, the ultimate dysfunctional American family.
The beginning is funny and light, the flashbacks to the art they create as a family are sideswipes at modern art.
As the novel goes on it becomes more serious, the kids, child A & B are older and feel used.
This was a likeable read, a mixture of Andy Warhol meets the Adams Family.

Score 6/10

Date read April 2012

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The Wild Things by Dave Eggers


2011
11.20

“How to describe this one?
I’m going with family/adventure/fantasy/humour, so that doesn’t narrow it down much!
Max is a young boy with a different slant on life, I figured he has special needs. His mum is doing her best, his sister is a typical older sister, and then there is mums boyfriend and an absent father.
Max gets angry and looses control. He send himself on an adventure where he encounters stange giant animals who talk and make him king. All doesn’t go well.
I truly enjoyed this book for its simplicity, sometimes I wondered if it should be a book for teenagers.
My pleasure was enhanced by the excellent narration of Dion Graham..thank you

Score 7/10

Date read November 2011

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Lex by James Mylet


2011
09.30

“Laugh out loud coming of age novel. Lex is an Irish teenager who is finishing school and hopes to go to Uni in London.
Lex is a bright boy and it’s his first person narration I like. Him, his pals, the beautiful Michelle, and Lex’s family.
Really good fun and I’ll read his next.

Score 7/10

Date read September 2011

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Smuts by Alan Bennett


2011
06.10

“What a load of old nonsense!
Alan you’ve let me down.
Two stories, niether good, both out of date and unfunny.
Book group thought more of it and gave it an average of 3.75/10

Score 1/10

Date read June 2011

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