The Last Word

by Hanif Kureishi | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0571277551 Global Overview for this book
Registered by TrinityLeeds of Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on 3/16/2015
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2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by TrinityLeeds from Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, March 16, 2015
“An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.” Brandon Mull

Journal Entry 2 by KLL at Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Friday, March 25, 2016
Picked this up from the Trinity Leeds Customer Service Centre, after dropping my own book off. I will read and release back in Australia!

Journal Entry 3 by KLL at Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Friday, April 29, 2016
Bookblurb:
Mamoon Azam is an eminent Indian-born writer who has made a career in England—but now, in his early seventies, his reputation is fading, his book sales are nonexistent, and the expensive habits of his flamboyant second wife are bleeding him dry. In a final attempt to revitalize his career, Mamoon’s publisher commissions Harry, an ambitious young writer, to produce a provocative biography to bring Mamoon back into the public eye.

Harry sets off for Mamoon’s estate, where he finds not the literary hero he had imagined, but a vain, bigoted, cynical, and cruelly manipulative genius, who quickly turns the tables on his ambitious young biographer. Harry must insinuate, seduce, and finesse the truth out of the extravagant and damaged characters in Mamoon’s surreal sphere as the young writer and the old master battle for the last word in the story of Mamoon’s life. Acute and brilliantly entertaining, The Last Word is a tale of youthful exuberance and the misery of outgrowing it, as hilarious as it is moving. It is Kureishi’s wisest work to date.


Me: I was underwhelmed by my first Kureishi. 'The Last Word' is certainly farcical, but I'm not sure any of the characters are likeable. I think this book is more wit than substance... Nevertheless, I will take along to the next Perth BC meetup for relseasing...

Journal Entry 4 by KLL at Hush Specialty Coffee in Fremantle, Western Australia Australia on Sunday, March 19, 2017

Released 7 yrs ago (3/19/2017 UTC) at Hush Specialty Coffee in Fremantle, Western Australia Australia

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Taking to the March BC Meetup today!

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