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Summer Things
by Joseph Connolly
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Publisher: Faber and Faber
An unforgettable trip to the further shores of lust, snobbery and adultery, "Summer Things" is the much-loved comedy by one of Britain's funniest novelists. With a whirlwind plot and characters who let nothing stand between them and pleasure, "Summer Things" hurtles along with the exhilarating momentum of a roller coaster - unstoppable, startling and hilarious.
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| Entertaining but bad |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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If you like - really like - farce, this is the book for you. If you just tolerate it, it's an ok pastime (but you'd better not pay it full price, if you ask me.) If you're looking for a book which is funny, subtle and smart though, look elsewhere. Connolly aspires to make sharp satire but by depicting all characters like sex/money/stuff-obsessed morons, he's just flat and unoriginal.
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| If you've holidayed at the British coast read this! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Connolly disects the British class system with a hilarious examination of snobbery, greed and jealousy wrapped into a farcial summer holiday. This is laugh out loud funny made all the better because I read it on a beach in Tahitit - about as far removed from the British coastal holiday described in the book as you can get.
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