I do like Patrick Gale's writing. He's fast becoming one of those authors I'd read anything by, even if it was just the blurb on the back of a cereal box.Essentially, this novel is about Laura and Ben, lost love and rekindling old relationships. The supporting characters however are equally as i...
Patrick Gale is a prolific author but I was only introduced to his writing two years ago by my sister when she recommended Notes from An Exhibition(2007) and lent me a copy of The Whole Day Through(2009), the latter which I never reviewed for some reason, although I do remember liking it. Instant...
This rather mundane, superficial and ultimately predictable novel about a teenage girl growing up with two gay schoolchums is not Patrick Gale at his best, unfortunately. Maybe because the book is written from the perspective of someone who is a generation younger than the author, Gale's usually ...
Ease is the story of Domina, a successful playwright who needs inspiration for her next writing. She moves to London to escape her bitchy friend and long term partner, looking for ideas and adventure. She moves into a bed sit and the story is the tale of what and who she finds there.Gale's charac...
Love,death,heartbreak, mental illness, homosexuality. Patrick Gale tackles all these and more with humor and poignancy. I love his writing; he is honest without being sentimental. His characters are so fully rounded I feel I know each one by the end of the book, and I care about each one. "Li...
Patrick Gale´s novel Kansas In August was an interesting, if never a very engaging read. It features some rather strange people. There is a man called Hilary and a woman called Henry. They are brother and sister. They share a lover, a bisexual guy called Rufus, but neither brother nor sister is a...
This was a really clever book in mu opinion which drew me on and into the lives of the characters. It starts with an artist's death and then the book is a cleverly constructed look at the lives of all who were intertwined with her. When i say constructed that might give the wrong impression becau...
