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by - written on 25/08/04 (Very useful, 112 readings)
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***About the Author *** Name: Scarlett Thomas Born in the year: 1972 Born in : London Scarlett has been included in the top 20 female writers in the year 2001.She has also won an Elle Style Award for her novel 'Going Out'. When she was younger she spent a lot of time demonstrating against things such as Poll Tax and the first Gulf War. *** Bright Young Things *** When the 'Media Guardian' prints a mysterious job advertisement stating 'Bright Young Things wanted for Big Project', six twenty-somethings decide that they could do with a new challenge. Their lives are going nowhere; they're either ... Read the complete review
by - written on 15/08/01 (Very useful, 148 readings)
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Stumbling on this little beauty of a book was really a stroke of serendipity. Serendipity is happy chance, for anyone that didn’t know. An old letch I used to work with, who was of a literary bent, explained to me that his earliest taste of serendipity was shinning up a lamppost as a boy and having a surprise first orgasm. A likely tale, but it illustrates serendipity amusingly well. I wonder if he fell off – never thought to ask at the time. Anyway, I was darting around the library in a flummox, when I saw a large paperback book with a bright blue cover and big yellow, red and blue words on it. So I grabbed it and fled. Had I taken time to look at ... Read the complete review
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