Swing Time

by Zadie Smith | Literature & Fiction |
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Registered by BookGroupMan of Chester, Cheshire United Kingdom on 9/2/2018
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Journal Entry 1 by BookGroupMan from Chester, Cheshire United Kingdom on Sunday, September 2, 2018
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A nice find from the new coffee shop in Tarland, the latest from an author that I like - but with mixed consistency IMHO. Started well, 1980's NW London (tick, I was there), at a ballet class (maybe not!) ...

(06/10/18) Spoiler This is typical Zadie Smith, full of gender, race & class issues, although a bit contrived with the whole West African pop-star appropriation thing, the mother of the 1st-person narrator as a gay(?), left wing political activist etc. The basic story concerns the different lives Miss/Ms X and her pretty and more talented friend Tracey take from North West London housing estates and ballet lessons. Although it appears that the former has had a more fulfilling life, she has been better educated and drifted into media and a life of glamorous international travel, but she is left wanting for a stable family life and some sense of belonging ... so the whole story comes full circle, neither brown girl really escaping from their dysfunctional family or cultural roots. Zadie Smith takes a bit of effort to read, but worth while in the end as the various threads play out.

Journal Entry 2 by BookGroupMan at Ipswich BC Unconvention 2018 in Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on Saturday, October 6, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (10/7/2018 UTC) at Ipswich BC Unconvention 2018 in Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom

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This is going onto the book buffet table, for one last round before people leave after the weekend's jollities. I'm sure you've got room for one more small book ... !

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