- Paperback: 264 pages
- Publisher: Dc_books (August 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0919688470
- ISBN-13: 978-0919688476
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.9 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #874,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"I'm not exaggerating when I say that The Originals could be the Catcher in the Rye of our generation." -- Hour, March 2002
"In The Originals, character and context are indivisible, which makes the story simultaneously universal and deeply personal." -- Clelia Scala, Paper Plates, 2003 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
"In The Originals, character and context are indivisible, which makes the story simultaneously universal and deeply personal." -- Clelia Scala, Paper Plates, 2003 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Book Description
The terror of atomic war, a paranoid arms race, a stark divide between rich and poor - in The Originals, L.E. Vollick's debut novel, Reagan-era legacies such as these are seen from the perspective of nightclub subculture and the food bank. Magpie Smith confronts a street-level zeitgeist of fatalism in the early 1990s, bringing to life in the process a dysfunctional family of disenfranchised youth, from Benny, the self-glamorizing drug dealer to Jackson, the overprotective bouncer at the Underground. When Jackson brutally beats a would-be thief at the club, Magpie must rethink her allegiances. Through a haze of illness, inebriation and LSD, what becomes increasingly clear is that individual interests are beginning to blow the solidarity of the Underground apart. Vexed by the disappearance of her friend and intellectual guide, PK, Magpie tries to hold things together, but is led increasingly to question the fragile foundations of both her own small world and the larger one.
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We aren't original, PK says, so how come we feel so alone? Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
This book really drew me in.,
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This review is from: The Originals (Hardcover)
This novel really drew me into the lives of the characters. I am terrible at writing reviews, but I had to try, to convince people that this was a book well worth reading. Why did I like the book? I guess for me it was that I really was impressed with the character development. For a relatively short book, I was drawn in very quickly, and to be honest, I read the last half of the book in one sitting. I was just really interested in finding out what happens to everyone. People who I would not recommend the book to are people who don't like "heavy" books, this one gets into violence and some pretty depressing situations, and people who are only into mysterys and very plot-oriented books; this is more of a Trainspotting or Catcher in the Rye type book; just a window into some interesting characters lives. I was really impressed by it and I am eagerly awaiting new things from this author
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5.0 out of 5 stars
This book really drew me in.,
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This review is from: The Originals (Hardcover)
This novel really drew me into the lives of the characters. I am terrible at writing reviews, but I had to try, to convince people that this was a book well worth reading. Why did I like the book? I guess for me it was that I really was impressed with the character development. For a relatively short book, I was drawn in very quickly, and to be honest, I read the last half of the book in one sitting. I was just really interested in finding out what happens to everyone. People who I would not recommend the book to are people who don't like "heavy" books, this one gets into violence and some pretty depressing situations, and people who are only into mysterys and very plot-oriented books; this is more of a Trainspotting or Catcher in the Rye type book; just a window into some interesting characters lives. I was really impressed by it and I am eagerly awaiting new things from this author
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