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 Oxygen - Andrew Miller
 Oxygen - Andrew Miller ... In the garden, her younger son is working on the translation of a play by a celebrated Hungarian playwright, Lazlo Lazar. In San Francisco, Alice's other son, a one time soap actor and now heavily in debt, is on his way to a meeting with a pornographic film producer. And in Vienna, Lazlo Lazar is having supper with his lover, Kurt, and an American painter, discussing action, courage and the revolutions of 1956 and 68.Newest Review: ... to write novels blatantly coiffeured to please the Prize-awarding juries. This made-to-measure kind of book is usually ... more ... recognisable by the pretentious phraseology, the insightful asides meant to show the author's suave knowledge of "the way life is", and the invariably weak plot (on the assumption that a strong plot will turn a novel into an airport book, suitable for the masses but not for the cogniscenti...). Occasionally, though, one book slips through the net, in the sense that the reader is not quite sure whether the novel is indeed an intelligent, if not groundbreaking, oeuvre or yet another contrived attempt at Book...more |
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Oxygen - Andrew Miller: Will make you gasp for air... pardon, for oxygen (1678 words)
by - written on 08/02/02 (Very useful, 623 readings)
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We are all fascinated by Awards, Prizes and Medals. It's part of human nature to exalt the winners, the top-achievers in life. Success begets success, kind of thing. Be it the MTV Music Awards, the Golden Globe or Oscars Ceremony, or even the office annual Best Employee Medal, we are enthralled - wearing the smartest tuxedos and designer gowns (ok, not for the latter example perhaps... at least not in the office where I work!) the contestants turn up feigning nonchalance but inwardly ready to sell their grandmother for a coveted statue. Slighly less glamorous, perhaps - but definitely increasing in importance and magnitude over the last few years, are the ... Read the complete review
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