Wild Abandon - Joe Dunthorne Reviews
Newest Review: ... longer. For a book based largely in a relatively confined setting, Dunthorne fits in the whole of human experience. There ... more
... is strife; both marital and between siblings, love, hate, harmony and discord. There is drug fuelled paranoia, drug fuelled sex, physical injury, mental strain and even murder - albeit only of a goat. More or less anything that could happen does within these pages.
This makes it a surprisingly intense read, emotionally speaking. Some of the characters may not seem to physically do all that much, but they're frequently feeling something, often more than their actions would suggest. The book is written to be more em...more
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Customer Wild Abandon - Joe Dunthorne Reviews (1)
by - written on 24/11/11 (Very useful, 37 readings)
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When your first novel has been successful, it adds pressure onto the second. This is the situation facing Joe Dunthorne, as his debut ''Submarine'' won several awards, was adapted into a film and came highly praised by The Bookbag. This means ''Wild Abandon'' has to be rather good to keep his reputation intact. Kate and Albert are two teenagers growing up in a commune in Wales. Kate is becoming more and more unsatisfied with the restraints of this life, whilst Albert is devoted to Kate and eagerly anticipating the end of the world. In the meantime, life in the commune is falling apart as numbers dwindle and their main benefactor goes off the rails and ends ... Read the complete review
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