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This Is How (2009)

This Is How (2009)

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ISBN
1847673821 (ISBN13: 9781847673824)
Language
English
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Canongate

About book This Is How (2009)

The second half of this book so vastly outranks the first - in characterisation, prose, narrative drive and so on - that it's almost bizarre. I suppose (knowing we're in the hands of a very good writer) it's possible to believe this disjunction is intended, but I would not have persevered beyond the fiftieth page had it not been that I admire the writer!Also, I'm always a little irritated by books which are very patently setting out to do Something In Particular (in this case, the whole disaffected narrator thing). "This is How" is a sad tale of a man whose life turns from bad to worse. Set in the UK, the main character, Patrick is to be pitied for the circumstances in which he finds himself. This is a thrilling story obviously drawn from the author's previous life as a lawyer. It's a page turner. I read it in a week. However, I was disappointed with the ending - I was hoping it was going to be more dramatic.

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This was a really good book, but for the ending. The ending was just an end, but no closure.
—katnissE123

Very slow and the dialog went on and on and on...
—Coops87

This is how you write a book.
—ida

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