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Dreams Of Sex And Stage Diving (1994)

Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving (1994)

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ISBN
1857022130 (ISBN13: 9781857022131)
Language
English
Publisher
fourth estate, limited

About book Dreams Of Sex And Stage Diving (1994)

Elfish is amoral, ego-centric and absolutely fascinating. Elfish is obsessed about claiming the name Queen Mab for her band (which currently has no members) before her ex-boyfriend can claim it first. While plotting a way to claim the name by reciting the entire monolog from Romeo and Juliet while playing on stage, she engages in odd behavior like calling up said ex-boyfriend and pretending to be her ex-friend. And then there is her quest to sleep with as many of his former lovers as possible. It's an odd story full of odd, yet richly engaging characters. How can you not love a book that describes it's main character thusly, " As a friend of the human race, Elfish is a failure. As a stage diver, she is a complete success"?

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Really enjoyable book to read. Loved his characters as I always do. His descriptions are so real and clear. I like how he wove in such odd and fanciful ideas into the story (e.g. hardcore rock bands quoting Shakespeare etc). Much as I love Millar, the ending left me a little disappointing. It was a little too scripted (is that the right word??) and definitely too predictable, which normally I wouldn't mind because his writing style is so involving and captivating but I guess this time it didn't hold my attention in those final few pages. Do still love Martin Millar though and would still highly recommend this book!
—Lotus

The book was a fun little story that drifted between gritty realism and an adult fairy story. Set in Brixton in the 90s among squatters unable to fulfill any of their dreams, it was full of characters who were upset of relationships, and their inability to get anything done. There was also a very cool video game that was being written by the main characters brother which was definitly the funniest part of the story. It was an enjoyable book, and much better than most modern fiction I've read lately, but I'm not sure I'm going to rush out and read anything else by Miller.
—Mel

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