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The Big Kiss
Steve Cork's life is in a downward spiral as his marriage ends, his best friend wrecks his car, his business faces ruination, and his mind begins to slip, but when his life takes one more turn for the worse, Steve realizes he has to get a hold on something.
240 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1996
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January 27, 2013I want to read this because of this review. (Below.) It certainly seems to have foretold the following two decades after its publications. The author is Jeremy Brett's son (the actor to play Sherlock Holmes in the long-running t.v. series.), so I would love to read it it see how his son's mind ticks.
REVIEW from http://www.brettish.com/jeremybrett-f...
His first novel, The Big Kiss, was published in England in 1996.
The book is an adult, darkly satiric study of a yuppie whose life falls violently apart. David has an acerbic wit, as illustrated by this excerpt from a 7/7/96 Independent on Sunday article:
"Absolut vodka provided the drink for the launch party of David Huggins' first novel, The Big Kiss, because Absolut got a mention in the book. 'It was a great party,' says Mr. Huggins, 'but I don't think they realised the book is a satire on these rather pathetic people who are obsessed with style and brands. Certainly, putting free drink in front of people is a big draw--the obliterati came from miles around.'
"Mr. Huggins is already working on his next book. 'I guarantee that there'll be lots of drinking and smoking in it,' he says. 'I've got the launch party to think about, after all.'"
David Huggins' second novel was Luxury Amnesia. The story "follows a group of degenerates and misfits (washed-up pop stars reduced to painting-and-decorating, spoilt delinquents, property speculators and mature Liberal Arts students) as they are sucked into a quicksand of extortion and criminality."
REVIEW from http://www.brettish.com/jeremybrett-f...
His first novel, The Big Kiss, was published in England in 1996.
The book is an adult, darkly satiric study of a yuppie whose life falls violently apart. David has an acerbic wit, as illustrated by this excerpt from a 7/7/96 Independent on Sunday article:
"Absolut vodka provided the drink for the launch party of David Huggins' first novel, The Big Kiss, because Absolut got a mention in the book. 'It was a great party,' says Mr. Huggins, 'but I don't think they realised the book is a satire on these rather pathetic people who are obsessed with style and brands. Certainly, putting free drink in front of people is a big draw--the obliterati came from miles around.'
"Mr. Huggins is already working on his next book. 'I guarantee that there'll be lots of drinking and smoking in it,' he says. 'I've got the launch party to think about, after all.'"
David Huggins' second novel was Luxury Amnesia. The story "follows a group of degenerates and misfits (washed-up pop stars reduced to painting-and-decorating, spoilt delinquents, property speculators and mature Liberal Arts students) as they are sucked into a quicksand of extortion and criminality."
September 8, 2008
Read this book in two days. Not that it was that good, just had it with me on a trip and had been meaning to read it. If you don't understand the Brittish humor or have never been to England you would probably not understand most of the humor in it or the slang. But I enjoyed it.
June 26, 2008
don't think I finished it.
April 27, 2017
Quite good.
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