The Last Word
Registered by TrinityLeeds of Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on 3/16/2015
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
“An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.” Brandon Mull
Picked this up from the Trinity Leeds Customer Service Centre, after dropping my own book off. I will read and release back in Australia!
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...
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
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Taking to the March BC Meetup today!