- Hardcover: 156 pages
- Publisher: Duckworth Pub (March 1989)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0715622773
- ISBN-13: 978-0715622773
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Witty and intelligent Guardian A very funny novel The Times Literary Supplement Unusual and intriguing Sunday Times
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Political and personal events contrive to make a young student retreat from his normal lifestyle causing consternation among his friends although it is another recluse who attempts to help him through his problems. The author has also written "The Accidental Woman".
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Intelligent and intriguing but failed to captivate me, Jan 13 2005
By maria1971 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Touch of Love (Paperback)
Robin, the book's [anti-] hero, is an eternal student, making no progress on his thesis, but making a mess of his life in the meantime.Almost as if it was written as the events occurred, one chapter at a time, with no sense of what would follow, the book flips back and forth from the narrative to Robin's short stories. Although well-written, it is almost self-consciously so, so that it doesn't let you flow with it, and although witty (in an ironic / sarcastic way) and funny in parts, it doesn't really allow you to laugh with it, as the overall feeling is rather sad.
This is not a book you'll regret reading, but it was a bit too melancholy for my liking, and definitely not up to the expectations I'd built up based on his previous boks.
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