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40 ratings, 3.50 average rating, 5 reviews
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published
2001
by Picador
binding
Paperback, 272 pages
isbn
0312278527
(isbn13: 9780312278526)
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In his first book of short stories, Tibor Fischer examines the lives of loners and failures. With both wit and sobriety, he depicts the trials of a We...more
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actually as this is a book of short stories - I started with the one that sounded the most interesting first. It's called "I Like Being Killed" and so far it's pretty darn good.
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Read in December, 2007
recommends it for:
everyone who loves nihilistic comedy of the British by way of Hungary sort
Simply cannot stop my love for this author. As a novelist, he's genius - The Thought Gang, telling the story of a disgraced and alcoholic professor who turns to bank robbery (with his one-armed sidekick) after he spent his book advance is one of my top three books ever.
The first story in Don't Read This details a vacation in Nice (a recurring locale in his books) gone horribly awry for a cabal of Londoners. Needless to say, in true Tibor Fischer style, a piece of bacon saves the day.
The first story in Don't Read This details a vacation in Nice (a recurring locale in his books) gone horribly awry for a cabal of Londoners. Needless to say, in true Tibor Fischer style, a piece of bacon saves the day.
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A bit depressing but worth reading none the less. Sometimes feels oddly, for lack of a better term, "real" and these are the moments that really make a connection with the reader...or maybe it's just me :)
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A collection of TB's short stories. Hilarious, amazing, fun and thought-provoking. I love the story of the guy who goes to work in his cowboy costume and nobody notices or cares.
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Read in January, 2001
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people who thought about doing bunac
Hilarious and mean stories about life in Britpop-era England, told with great, sustained energy.
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""You read a lot," said the behatted kvetch indicating the two novels he had open. He nodded, because there was no denying it and because he didn't want to put up the ante for a conversation.
"Books aren't life."
"No, they're better," he replied and flipped through the thirty-two library cards in his wallet to remove his one credit card to pay.
This was twenty-first century vagrancy. "
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