false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167388996m/23050.jpg 23050 11 Gabriel's father, a washed-up rock musicisn, has been chucked out of the house. His mother works nights in a pub and sleeps days. Navigating his way through the shattered world of his parents' generation, Gabriel dreams of being an artist. He finds solace and guidance through a mysterious connection to his deceased twin brother, Archie, and his own knack for proudcing real objects simply by drawing them. A chance visit with mega-millionaire rock star Lester Jones, his father's former band mate, provides Gabriel with the means to heal the rift within his family. Kureishi portrays Gabriels' naive hope and artistic aspirations with the same insight and searing honesty that he brought to the Indian-Anglo experience in The Buddha of Suburbia and to infidelity in Intimacy. Gabriel's Gift is a humorous and tender meditation on failure, redemption, the nature of talent, the power of imagination--and a generation that never wanted to grow up, seen through the eyes of their children. 2217626 2001 Gabriel's Gift: A Novel total:128|5:7|4:41|3:50|2:22|1:8| 128 401 280 6 3 0 true false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 11:48:09 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 12:02:37 -0700 2008 that), but I'm not wild about it. Things move too quickly; we see cause or effect but seldom both; everything seems slightly off-kilter. Gabriel reads too young for me, especially if he grew u...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Sep 10 18:48:58 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 18:48:58 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 06:25:32 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 04:42:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 15:20:13 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 17:16:12 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Jul 08 00:45:54 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 00:46:40 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 03:59:34 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 04:00:10 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sat Nov 28 18:20:40 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 18:20:40 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 27 19:15:12 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 19:15:12 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 27 06:55:53 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 06:55:53 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 14:42:59 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 14:42:59 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 17 19:48:11 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 19:48:11 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Tue Nov 17 01:51:43 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 01:51:49 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 11 11:32:44 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 11:32:44 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Nov 09 14:36:39 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 14:36:39 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 04 10:14:01 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 10:14:01 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 04 05:09:59 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 05:09:59 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 27 17:21:35 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 17:21:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 24 16:42:49 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 16:42:49 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Oct 23 08:04:06 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 08:04:06 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Oct 20 06:08:19 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 06:08:25 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=23050