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Reading Nick Cave is a lot like dating.
Before you start: Wow I can't believe I finally have a Nick Cave in my hand! I've been waiting for 2 months until I can physically see the book back on the shelf. Cave's such a talented musician and original poet (great open-mic by the way), this book can't possibly go wrong.
P. 1-20: what an exhilarating opening! The description is observant without being trivial, dialogue minimal and the characters more philosophical then what Camus and Sartre combined. ...more
Before you start: Wow I can't believe I finally have a Nick Cave in my hand! I've been waiting for 2 months until I can physically see the book back on the shelf. Cave's such a talented musician and original poet (great open-mic by the way), this book can't possibly go wrong.
P. 1-20: what an exhilarating opening! The description is observant without being trivial, dialogue minimal and the characters more philosophical then what Camus and Sartre combined. ...more
This book gets darker as it goes - and it starts off pretty darned dark. Bunny Sr (yes, he named his son Bunny) is a chain smoking, alcoholic philanderer. His distressed wife phones him, begging him to return home and, when he eventually does, he finds she’s committed suicide and he is left facing the reality of single parenthood with a troubled son.
The subject is heavy and through the book Mr. Cave attempted to create an empathy in the mind of the reader for the totally reprehensible Mr. Munro. ...more
The subject is heavy and through the book Mr. Cave attempted to create an empathy in the mind of the reader for the totally reprehensible Mr. Munro. ...more
Oct 17, 2014
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