Death In Brunswick
by Boyd Oxlade | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0855611057 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0855611057 Global Overview for this book
Registered by sumako of Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax Finland on 11/20/2011
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Journal Entry 1 by sumako from Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax Finland on Sunday, November 20, 2011
Pehmeäkantinen vaihtohyllylöytö.
William Heinemann Australia, ©1987. - 170 s.
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'No kitchen hand, no pills, bugger all food and seventy meals to cook!"... Why do I work in this shithouse?"
Carl is an ageing drop-out, struggling hopelessly to maintain his dignity in a seedy environment. Recoiling from brutality and squalor, in debt to his pill supplier, besotted with a sixteen-year-old waitress, he sees no escape from poverty and shame.
His ailing mother's promise of a legacy brings visions of suburban bliss, indoor plumbing and Berber carpets. But a nasty accident at the Club leaves him feeling more threatened than ever...
This is a remarkable first novel - a black comedy written with style, pathos, and merciless selfparody.
'From the first page you know he can write. Soon you learn that he knows what he is writing about - the tough, sad, inner-suburban young. The book is graphic and wistful, madcap and poignant; a great test of the reader's sense of humour.' - D. J. O'Hearn
William Heinemann Australia, ©1987. - 170 s.
Backcover:
'No kitchen hand, no pills, bugger all food and seventy meals to cook!"... Why do I work in this shithouse?"
Carl is an ageing drop-out, struggling hopelessly to maintain his dignity in a seedy environment. Recoiling from brutality and squalor, in debt to his pill supplier, besotted with a sixteen-year-old waitress, he sees no escape from poverty and shame.
His ailing mother's promise of a legacy brings visions of suburban bliss, indoor plumbing and Berber carpets. But a nasty accident at the Club leaves him feeling more threatened than ever...
This is a remarkable first novel - a black comedy written with style, pathos, and merciless selfparody.
'From the first page you know he can write. Soon you learn that he knows what he is writing about - the tough, sad, inner-suburban young. The book is graphic and wistful, madcap and poignant; a great test of the reader's sense of humour.' - D. J. O'Hearn
Journal Entry 2 by sumako at Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Snellmania in Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax Finland on Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (5/10/2016 UTC) at Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Snellmania in Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax Finland
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