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 Kissing England - Sean Thomas
 Kissing England - Sean Thomas ... And Eddie's sister. Eddie is a privileged, drugged-up dole cheat; Alex is a lazy, cynical lad-magazine hack bored with writing articles on Why Men Like Burping; Tony has a wife he suspects of sleeping with the entire world except himself. Fifteen years ago they were just three undergraduates sharing hallucinogenic drugs in the lyrical beauty of the English countryside, now they are three...Newest Review: ... girlfriend and very serious about England and Englishness. Where as all he writes about is sex, women, sex, race, sex, ... more ... bollocks, sex and sex, his ultimate dream is to write about being English, politics and what he feels about relevant issues such as Europe, the Euro and the like. The novel is very recent (first published in 2000) so many of the ideals and attitudes it contains will still be poignant for the reader. Next we come to Tony. Tony is married to Elizabeth who (and I steal a quote from the blurb now) “he suspects of sleeping with the entire world except himself”. A slightly more withdrawn character, Tony embodies the uncertainties...more |
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Kissing England - Sean Thomas: Be proud! (622 words)
by - written on 13/06/05 (Very useful, 102 readings)
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Sean Thomas’s “Kissing England” is a hilarious and, at times embarrassingly accurate look at what it means to be English in a modern day society. One of the few books that has made me laugh out loud in a long time, he incorporates wit and honesty to create a fantastic piece of literature. The novel follows the lives of Eddie, Alex and Tony, three University friends grown “old”, as they try to define themselves in an ever-changing world. Each of these symbolises one of the areas that many modern people, both men and women, may be struggling with. Alex; womaniser, pervert, writes for various magazines as the lad of the pack. Often sexist and frequently racist, he is ... Read the complete review
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