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Modern Man Is Ultra Quick
Through humour, sharp observations and sarcastic descriptions we are introduced to life in Leicester, an English Midlands city with its prime well in the past. We meet a loosely knit group of young people, all of them in different ways trying to find their place, not even being sure of what they are looking for. But as they look, we look at them.
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First published June 10, 2010
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Gavin William Wright
16 books6 followersBorn in 1972, in Leicester, England - Gavin Wright was raised in a working-class household in a small village, just outside Leicester.
Not fond of school, his childhood was spent on a BMX, doing sports and drawing. His adult years were no better from an educational perspective, with several aborted attempts at University, he ended up singing in a band in the heady world of Brit Pop in London in the 90s.
Despite so many failed clashes with education he was lucky enough to come under the tutelage of a handfull of truly brilliant educators that slowly, deep down influenced his path into writing.
The first of these, during his A-level studies in Market Harborough, was the poet John Gallas, who allowed the spirit of creativity to flow when grammar and criticism were the syllabus.
The second was during his final, succesful, attempt at university, studying modernism under the late Prof. Julia Briggs. Inspired by this, and fuelled by a move overseas to Oslo, Gavin Wright finally began to write.
A final cog in the wheel, during his brief period of representation by the Norwegian publisher, GriegBok, was working with editor Marianne Hoff Engesland.
He now lives with his Fiancée and two cats in Lillehammer, where they own a florists.
Not fond of school, his childhood was spent on a BMX, doing sports and drawing. His adult years were no better from an educational perspective, with several aborted attempts at University, he ended up singing in a band in the heady world of Brit Pop in London in the 90s.
Despite so many failed clashes with education he was lucky enough to come under the tutelage of a handfull of truly brilliant educators that slowly, deep down influenced his path into writing.
The first of these, during his A-level studies in Market Harborough, was the poet John Gallas, who allowed the spirit of creativity to flow when grammar and criticism were the syllabus.
The second was during his final, succesful, attempt at university, studying modernism under the late Prof. Julia Briggs. Inspired by this, and fuelled by a move overseas to Oslo, Gavin Wright finally began to write.
A final cog in the wheel, during his brief period of representation by the Norwegian publisher, GriegBok, was working with editor Marianne Hoff Engesland.
He now lives with his Fiancée and two cats in Lillehammer, where they own a florists.
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March 13, 2015
Often times, when current literature attempts to inspect culture, generational conference, and urban decay, the results are tedious or incongruent with reality. Many authors lack the skill or attention to detail to adequately blend the subject matters together in an appealing or authentic manner or simply neglect one of the issues in favor of a personal diatribe. In the case of "Modern Man is Ultra Quick", the reader can rest assured as neither instance is remote to close to happening.
In this work, Gavin William Wright triumphs above the underwhelming existence of the novel's English Midlands setting while engaging even the most cynical or dissonant reader.
We, the audience, are privy to a whirlwind tour through the crumbling streets of Leicester, and her surrounding suburbs. We meet a host of friends, siblings, acquaintances, lovers, and, like in life, people who fall somewhere in between any of these characterizations. In the course of the story, Wright provides unique insight into the diverse lives, thoughts, and feelings of these characters who acts as avatars for the community as a whole. It's not just the "football mates" who struggle with the changing landscape and adulthood, but the shire as a whole, with the loss of industry and relative prosperity.
"Modern Man is Ultra Quick" bills itself as a book about 'how to fuck things up with women', but, in truth, it's a book about the contradictions, the truth, the awfulness, the fears, and the inevitability that happens to all of us. A thrilling ride, and read, in all.
In this work, Gavin William Wright triumphs above the underwhelming existence of the novel's English Midlands setting while engaging even the most cynical or dissonant reader.
We, the audience, are privy to a whirlwind tour through the crumbling streets of Leicester, and her surrounding suburbs. We meet a host of friends, siblings, acquaintances, lovers, and, like in life, people who fall somewhere in between any of these characterizations. In the course of the story, Wright provides unique insight into the diverse lives, thoughts, and feelings of these characters who acts as avatars for the community as a whole. It's not just the "football mates" who struggle with the changing landscape and adulthood, but the shire as a whole, with the loss of industry and relative prosperity.
"Modern Man is Ultra Quick" bills itself as a book about 'how to fuck things up with women', but, in truth, it's a book about the contradictions, the truth, the awfulness, the fears, and the inevitability that happens to all of us. A thrilling ride, and read, in all.
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July 12, 2024
Modern Man is Ultra Quick is a social satire. The title of the novel is ironic: modern man lives in an ultra quick world full of emails, iphones, fast food and quick fixes, but nothing is built to last. Modern man himself is actually rather lazy, and, when it comes to relationships, not often enough the sharpest tool in the box.
So this novel is about people. Not the ones who have it all figured out, who have the perfect jobs, are in loving relationships, have all the right answers and do the smart things (do they really exist?); it is not about the completely down and out, either (who do exist). No, predominantly it is about your everyday modern man in his late twenties/early thirties.
We meet a loosely knit group of people in this bitter sweet, darkly humoured story about relationships, loyalty, love and hope, mistakes and failures set in a world of local pubs, football and the parks and streets of England's most multi-cultural city, Leicester. That being said, it could be any Western city with a grand past and an uncertain future.
The novel follows the twist and turns of the lives of these 21st Century anti-heroes and the women in their lives; as the novel draws to its fateful close, the threads and ties are drawn together for a showdown amongst the nightlife and black holes of the city.
So this novel is about people. Not the ones who have it all figured out, who have the perfect jobs, are in loving relationships, have all the right answers and do the smart things (do they really exist?); it is not about the completely down and out, either (who do exist). No, predominantly it is about your everyday modern man in his late twenties/early thirties.
We meet a loosely knit group of people in this bitter sweet, darkly humoured story about relationships, loyalty, love and hope, mistakes and failures set in a world of local pubs, football and the parks and streets of England's most multi-cultural city, Leicester. That being said, it could be any Western city with a grand past and an uncertain future.
The novel follows the twist and turns of the lives of these 21st Century anti-heroes and the women in their lives; as the novel draws to its fateful close, the threads and ties are drawn together for a showdown amongst the nightlife and black holes of the city.
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