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Title: Still Life With Volkswagens by Geoff Nicholson ISBN: 0-87951-616-X Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: I was not impressed
Comment: If there was any more fluff in this book contractors would buy it by the truckload and use it as landfill. The obvious waste of time, energy, and research that went into this book is staggering, on par with the worst writer of our time, Tom Robbins. I admit, I did finish it, even though I regret that waste of life, but the ending was worthless. Mr. Nicholson, in an attempt to tie up loose ends only succeeded in putting a bullet in the head of a horse that didn't even make it out of the starting blocks. The characters were unbelievable as human beings from the start, the author's asides into his depressing and pathetic life were a complete waste of paper, and the story line went from bad to worse to unimaginably stupid. At no one point could I succeed in a suspension of disbelief. Maybe it was the nine year old car thief savant, or the sodomasochist undercover reporter, or the closeted gay neonazi; I don't know, but they all seemed to be part of the cast of an off, off, off broadway musical dreamed up by a necrophilic methamphetimine addict. I think after awhile I just kept reading out of pity for poor divorced Mr. Nicholson, who is obviously so obsessed with Volkswagen toys and writing that he can't seem to keep a normal personal relationship. Poor guy. If he ever reads this I hope he takes my advice and lays down the pen. If I were a psychic I'd say his future lies in the manufacture of kidney pies.
Rating: 4
Summary: Quirky Fun
Comment: Apparently this is the second Volkswagen-themed novel by this British author. I have not as yet read "Street Sleeper," so I can't tell you if this is the better of the two or not. What I can tell you is that is a mostly amusing tale of a number of Brits all bound together in one way or another by Volkswagens. The main problem is that all across England, there are Volkswagen's blowing up left and right. Who is doing and why, and how they can be stopped is the alleged plot which drives this book, but the reader is mostly along for the ride as the main characters search for meaning in their existence. I get the impression that many of the main characters appeared previously in "Street Sleeper," but how long the interval has been in unclear. It's a little tough to describe a novel which culminates in a rave/VW expo under siege by eight neo-Nazi skinheads and their delusional leader, who is questing after a holy grail comprised of a hand carved VW whose sun roof opens to reveal human bone replicas of Hitler and Eva Braun in flagrante... All I can say is that if you have a taste for the quirky, check it out.
Rating: 4
Summary: Unexpected and fun.
Comment: I bought this book at first because I too have a strange passion for Volkswagens. I was thoroughly delighted when I discovered that Mr. Nicholson had a great story to back up the VW obsession, once I got over the horror of destroying all those VWs that is. The strange cast of characters and their individual motivations are brilliantly woven together. The amazing thing is that even at it's most confusing and destructive I didn't want this novel to end. I look forward to trying his other works.
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Title: Everything and More by Geoff Nicholson ISBN: 0879517107 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Street sleeper by Geoff Nicholson ISBN: 0704326051 Publisher: Quartet Books Pub. Date: 1987 |
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Title: The Food Chain by Geoff Nicholson ISBN: 0879515449 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: What We Did on Our Holidays by Geoff Nicholson ISBN: 0704380005 Publisher: Quartet Books Ltd Pub. Date: February, 1996 |
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Title: Hunters & Gatherers by Geoff Nicholson ISBN: 0879515597 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1994 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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