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Title: Last Orders by Graham Swift ISBN: 0-679-76662-6 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 January, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 (50 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Post Modern Authentic
Comment: Part way through the book, I paused and thought about these messed-up lives and unexpressed emotions, then it occurred to me that these guys are just like everyone I know. To me, this is why I found the voices so authentic. I am Vince's age and shared his attitude toward those of his father's generation. There is little narration and much stream of conscious thinking which makes the book, at times, hard to follow. Develop a score card of characters and relationships early since it does get confusing. Ultimately the four stars are for the implicit language which limits the scope of the book somewhat. Although the dialog is onviously authentic, I know that I missed some things since I am not from the neighborhood and the dialog almost assumes that a reader must be from nearby.
Rating: 3
Summary: A touching, tender novel about friendship and loss
Comment: There's a very authentic feel to the individual voices of Swift's characters in Last Orders that gives this novel its charm. The British common man accents jump off the page. These are real people, nothing fake about them. All of them simple people, really, but at the same time their is an emotional complexity to each of them that makes them very human. I really liked the way Swift switches narrative voices every couple of pages. It gave the book variety, a strong pace, and added depth to the story. My only complaint is that there were passages where I felt a little more background about the secondary characters in the novel - women, all of them - would have been appropriate. It took a while to put all the pieces together to figure out just who they were and how they related to the main characters. I think I would have better appreciated their purpose in the story if their characters had been given more depth.
All in all, this is a charming novel about friendship, about the bonds between men, and about grieving. It's impressive that Swift was able to infuse so much tenderness into a novel with no female main characters.
Rating: 4
Summary: The English Have A Certain Way
Comment: Be warned - this is a "Brit" book, but that said, the writting is beautiful and the story entrancing. A MUST READ for the more mature, soulful reader.
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Title: Waterland by Graham Swift ISBN: 0679739793 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 31 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Light of Day by Graham Swift ISBN: 0375415491 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Ever After by Graham Swift ISBN: 0679740260 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 02 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Amsterdam : A Novel by Ian McEwan ISBN: 0385494246 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 02 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: True History of the Kelly Gang : A Novel by Peter Carey ISBN: 0375724672 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 02 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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