slow and uninvolving. again, hopefully someone else will get something out if it

Picked up last night when it was left at the end of the Leeds Meet... not sure if this is one I'll read but might give it a try before passing it on.

RELEASE NOTES:

Off to find a new reader. :)

Caught at the Leeds meet, but not read, so on it's way back.

TBR

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Quite amusing, with hints of Tom Sharpe's absurdity about it.

Taking to Leeds Bookcrossing.

Picked up at Leeds meet this evening

Didn't enjoy it very much, not for me really,

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Taken to Leeds meet up

Picked up at the Leeds meetup.

I enjoyed this. It was like A Confederacy of Dunces, but set in Dublin instead of New Orleans. I think the person from the Sunday Tribune who described it as "a fast-paced yarn" on the back was reading a different book from me, though. It's not fast-paced at all. In fact, it rambles. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It means there's more room for stuff like this:

"I don't think much of your doorman"
"Doorman?" Frank repeated.
"Yes, the doorman," I said, trying to maintain my smile. "You know, he was really quite slovenly."
"That wasn't a doorman, Charlie, he's homeless."

My only criticism is, it's a bit earnest in parts, especially towards the end. That's the reason I haven't given it a higher rating. But it's only Murray's first novel. I'm looking forward to reading Skippy Dies when I can get my hands on it.

To be sent to klaradyn in South Africa very soon.

Arrived today, thanks so much shnedwards! Skippy Dies is in my top-five for the year so far, so I look forward to reading this one as well.

Released at hospice shop.