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Further Under the Duvet
by
Marian Keyes
Slide "Further Under the Duvet", get yourself comfortable and let Marian take you places you've never been before. Places like the Irish air-guitar championships, a shopping trip to Bloomingdales with a difference and Cannes with a chronic case of Villa-itis. Along the way you'll encounter knicker-politics, fake tans, sticky-out ears and passionate love affairs both with m...more
Paperback, 394 pages
Published
September 7th 2006
by Penguin Books
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Further Under the Duvet is a collection of articles and short stories written by Irish journalist Marian Keyes, that have either been previously unpublished/published through various magazines or newspapers. As indicated by the name, this is a follow-up to the original Under the Duvet book. The articles are classified into themes that are the basis for each chapter of the book - Handbags and Gladrags, On the Road, Heath and Beauty, Woman to Woman, Friends and Family, But Seriously and...more
Further Under the Duvet is a collection of articles and short stories written by Irish journalist Marian Keyes, that have either been previously unpublished/published through various magazines or newspapers. As indicated by the name, this is a follow-up to the original Under the Duvet book. The articles are classified into themes that are the basis for each chapter of the book - Handbags and Gladrags, On the Road, Heath and Beauty, Woman to Woman, Friends and Family, But Seriously and...more
Further Under the Duvet is the second volume of Marian Keyes journalism, and this time also some short stories are included. I didn't enjoy the book as much as the first one (Under the Duvet). The first three sections of the book (which were about shopping, traveling and beauty) were actually quite shallow, and not that funny. MK gave a shallow picture of her self. Sections 4-6 were more serious (being about feminism, kids etc), and more interesting and funnier.
As for the short stories at the e...more
As for the short stories at the e...more
This was slow to start, with many of the articles seemingly rehashed from Under the Duvet, but picked up in the end. There was a continuation of the story of Keyes' alcoholism, and how she started writing and a few articles about her charity work in Ethiopia and Russia. The best part was at the end, where she printed some of her previously unpublished short stories, including the one she credits with spear-heading her recovery. So the story goes, while recovering from a particularly spectacular...more
Marian Keyes continues her column on the trials and troubles that afflict the modern Irish gal trying to wend her way through the world. While readers of “Under the Duvet” will find familiar material peeking out here and there, there is plenty of new fodder to have her devoted readers flipping through and grinning from ear to ear.
From free cosmetics to new mothers who are dead bores about their children to the agony of traveling with fellow Irish folk lustily belting out the loud, foot-stomping...more
From free cosmetics to new mothers who are dead bores about their children to the agony of traveling with fellow Irish folk lustily belting out the loud, foot-stomping...more
I was surprised by this book initially as I was expecting it to be a selection of short stories - however, it is a series of anecdotes from the author's life. Once i got used to the idea (!) they were quite funny and I could relate to a lot of them as she seems to have a lot of fairly typical comedy obsessions about silly things, like most of us! Towards the end of the book, some proper short stories creep in and I must admit I didn't enjoy these as much as the rest of the book. Definitely a goo...more
I started reading this book with high hopes, but it didn't quite live up to my expectations. The stories were best read in small doses. Humour based on one's own selfishness is fine, but I found it grating after a few hours. The short stories in the final section of the book were the most enjoyable. It's a good beach read and Keyes has clearly lead a very interesting life and participates in some worthy causes. The book will make you smile if not laugh out loud.
I am a person who simply adores British/Irish humour. I think they're extremely charming, however when I first read one of Keyes books I was sorta bored. I KNOW. Looking back on that,I'm like, what the fuck was wrong with me? SHE IS AN AMAZING WRITER. I should be mutilated for thinking otherwise. Reading this book was absolutely wonderful. Keyes' life is extremely colourful. From her dramatic scene in Bloomingdales, to her deep retrospective thoughts on life, her writing style keep you wanting m...more
This was my first Marian Keyes encounter and I think it was very nice ....yes some of the pieces in first part of the book were shallow but she writes with such enthusiasm that you end up actually sympathesizing with her about things like fake tan issues or spa issues and so on .....as for the second part with the short stories I liked some of them (Grace, that girl with shoes issues) and I loved mammy Walsh Q&A...She makes me really looking forward to read one of her novels
"Further under the duvet" is essentially the same as "Under the duvet" and as such I enjoyed it. I liked to read all those short accounts about Marian's obsession with Make-up, handbags and shoes, about Himself and her terrifying perfect family.
That is the good part of the book, the bonus section consisting of her short story writing, well, I have to agree there with Marian’s own observation that she’s not much of a short story writer. She misses proper build up and structure, and the punch-line...more
That is the good part of the book, the bonus section consisting of her short story writing, well, I have to agree there with Marian’s own observation that she’s not much of a short story writer. She misses proper build up and structure, and the punch-line...more
This was a good book. It was funny in places, advice from Mammy Walsh was hilarous.
It had a section of short stories too, though one of these stories at the end (Under) made me think of how you end up making excuses for the actions of others, which in the end means you are lying to yourself too.
Really enjoyed and will look out for the first one, and other stories by this author.
It had a section of short stories too, though one of these stories at the end (Under) made me think of how you end up making excuses for the actions of others, which in the end means you are lying to yourself too.
Really enjoyed and will look out for the first one, and other stories by this author.
Hilarious, poignant, good-humoured and everything else that can positively be said of Marian Keyes.
She never fails to entertain, whether she's writing fiction or about things that haas happened to herself, like almost going to Siberia or losing a passport and encountering a funny man at the embassy's passport office.
She never fails to entertain, whether she's writing fiction or about things that haas happened to herself, like almost going to Siberia or losing a passport and encountering a funny man at the embassy's passport office.
Dieses Buch ist eine Frechheit. Ich lese Marian Keyes wirklich gerne und war ganz überrascht als ich durch die Mayersche schlenderte und diesen Titel fand, weil ich noch nichts davon gehört oder gelesen hatte. Natürlich habe ich sofort zugegriffen in der Gewissheit ein Buch in der Hand zu haben dass mir die Zeit verkürzen und mich gut unterhalten wird.
Nichts von alledem ist eingetreten. Ich habe bei keiner einzigen Kurzgeschichte geschmunzelt, gelacht, geweint oder mich sonst irgendwie berührt...more
Nichts von alledem ist eingetreten. Ich habe bei keiner einzigen Kurzgeschichte geschmunzelt, gelacht, geweint oder mich sonst irgendwie berührt...more
Chick litty book. Full of essays and short stories. She loves writing about shopping and make up, but my favorite parts were about her travelling to various countries.
She should spend a few months travelling to random countries and write a funny book about it. I would definitely buy it!
She should spend a few months travelling to random countries and write a funny book about it. I would definitely buy it!
A collection of her essays from various places, and some short stories (hence the zillion confusing shelves it's on).
Fun and fast. Would have been great, but some of her stories were also in her fist essay collection, and I was hoping for all new ones.
I wish she'd have a new novel soon!
Fun and fast. Would have been great, but some of her stories were also in her fist essay collection, and I was hoping for all new ones.
I wish she'd have a new novel soon!
Mar 25, 2010
Lamplight
is currently reading it
It's hilarious and makes me want to go out and buy makeup...yet the story of how she became a chick-lit writer hard on the heals of rehab for alcholism is actually, very powerful....as is the short piece on her visit to Ethopia on behalf of the charity Concern
This book is brilliant for seeing the journalist side to Marian Keyes. I enjoyed the articles and most of the short stories. A couple of the short stories were, to put it bluntly, rubbish. However I enjoyed reading the book and didn't want it to end.
The running commentrey and aniecdotes were great, the short stories though were a little boring. I find with Marian that I love her comments but her fiction is a little boring.
I found this book very well written interesting and funny, my husband thought I had gone mad as a few times I was laughing out loud.
great book... really funny. i´m irish and she describes irish famlies so well. it´s a "laugh out loud" on the metro book
Not as thrilling as the first set, but still just as awesome. Sometimes truth is much more entertaining than fiction ;)
Short stories and articles. Different from her books but still good. Oh how I relate to this woman!!!
I much prefer Marian Keyes when she's entirely comical. These articles & stories were hilarious!
Real laugh out loud stuff. Note to self do not take this to read on public transport again.
I didn't realize when I picked this up it wasn't a novel but a collection of essays.
for fans of one of the best women's fiction writers out there
it's like that book on anti-gravity; hard to put down.
The most hilarious book I have ever read!
Snore. Didn't even finish it.
Oct 17, 2010
Gracie
added it
great sequel...couldnt have been funnier...
It is so hilarious and honest.. She has no qualms in making fun of herself which i so refreshing..
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Marian Keyes, born September 10, 1963, is a popular Irish writer, considered to be one of the original progenitors of "chick lit". Keyes' first novel, Watermelon, was published in Ireland in 1995. Since then she has published seven further novels and two collections of non-fiction, and has sold 15 million copies of her books in 30 languages.
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“So I'm back again to the eternal question, the one that has plagued me all my life: How Do Other People Do It? How come they were given life's rule book and I missed out? Where was I when God was dispensing capability and cop on? Looking at shoes, probably.”
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“I love Prada. Not so much the clothes, which are for malnourished thirteen-year-olds, but I covet, with covety covetousness, the shoes and handbags. Like, I LOVE them. If I was given a choice between world peace and a Prada handbag, I'd dither. (I'm not proud of this, I'm only saying.)”
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