A is for Angelica
A 21st Century, Literature, Fiction book. Mundane, ordinary- a beautifully observed, blackly comic story of a man coping with life. I never worked out...
'My life is different now. I don't go to work. I don't have an office. I stay at home, hide behind curtains and make notes. I wait for something to happen.'Gordon Kingdom struggles with the fate of his seriously-ill wife while patiently observing and methodically recording the lives of those around him: his neighbours.He has files on them all, including:-Don Donald (best friend and petty thief)-Annie Carnaffan (lives next door, throws footballs over the fence)-Benny (the boy who paints with his eyes closed).And then there's Angelica, the new girl (42) on the street, with her multi-coloured toenails and her filthy temper. It's when she arrives that Gordon's world of half-truths really begins to unravel. Faced with a series of unexpected events and a faltering conscience, he's left with an impossible decision. Because in the banality of everyday life, what would you do if the unthinkable happened?
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- Pages: 256 pages
- ISBN: 9781908785986 / 0
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A heartbreaking story that follows a protagonist that we don't always like, but we always empathise with. Touching, full of love and hurt, sometimes uncomfortable to read, but also very real. Alongside that it's also very funny. And very British. This is Dark British humour at its best.A copy of this book was supplied by the publisher... Tragically moving yet occasionally darkly comical. This is a must read suburban heartbreaker,occasionally blunt and tiptoeing into melodrama. I challenge anyone not to be enthralled by George's narrative (and filing system). He will amuse you, fascinate you, very much frustrate you, and you will suffer every wince with him. Go get it... Mundane, ordinary- a beautifully observed, blackly comic story of a man coping with life. I never worked out what was going to be the outcome, so many potential threads of storylines that could have come to the fore, yet the conclusion still was very powerful. Not my normal kind of read, but excellent.
