Brass

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• Where there's muck...

  Brass by Helen Walsh 272pp, Canongate, £9.99 There's a lot of noise being kicked up about Brass. Walsh's heavily publicised past, involving benders on "the beak and the booze", helps. As, apparently, do this first-time author's biographical details - ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• Brass

  Only success can fail her now . . . Helen Walsh is young, female, and good-looking, so she’s going to be compared to Zadie Smith. Not the worst thing that could happen, but it’s like comparing Irvine Welsh to Nick Hornby; they’re both middle-aged bal ... (read full critics)

  laurahird published on Fri, 10 Sep 2010

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  X-rated and breath-taking

  I guess this book polarises opinion as it is a book of extremes, especially when it comes to sex, drugs and alcohol. Set in Liverpool it follows a brief period of personal implosion in the life of 19 year old Millie. You could view the excesses as gratuitous, which at times they are, but personally ... (continue)

  I guess this book polarises opinion as it is a book of extremes, especially when it comes to sex, drugs and alcohol. Set in Liverpool it follows a brief period of personal implosion in the life of 19 year old Millie. You could view the excesses as gratuitous, which at times they are, but personally i found that the narrative, characterisation and setting, very credible. It's a bit like Irvine Welsh's 'Trainspotting' on speed with a scouse accent. I couldn't put it down.

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• English Books
• Paperback 296 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1841954845
• ISBN-13: 9781841954844
• Publisher: Canongate U.S.
• Pub date: Nov 09, 2004
• Dimensions: 1419 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Others and eBook

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