A Friend of the Earth
by T.C. Boyle
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Author: T.C. BoyleEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-09-01
ISBN: 0141002050
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: A comedy? Of errors perhaps..
Summary: 1 Stars
There are plenty of other reviews which summarise the plot (such as it is) in this novel by the undoubtably talented T C Boyle. So I'd like to concentrate on what you might actually be expecting from a book about a near-future post-ecodisaster Earth.An ecodisaster? Sorry; we're led to believe it's out there, but not much in the way of description from Mr Boyle (err, it's wet and windy). This does little to conjure an image of a credible future world.
OK, so the ecodisaster bit is just a frame for the hilarious, sometimes moving, always dynamic plot and subplots?
No, sorry again. To describe this book as 'comic', perhaps only pertains to its category in my home library.
Moving? Somehow emotive? Well, I had a few motions whilst reading this book, but none of them were complimentary.
T C Boyle has written much, much better books. And no doubt will do so again. Read it if you're desperate to complete all of the author's work, otherwise look elsewhere for your entertainment, provocation, immersion or whatever else you get out of a good book. This isn't one.
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