Darkmans

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• A roar, a titter and a tee-hee-hee

  Darkmans by Nicola Barker 838pp, Fourth Estate, £17.99 A jester haunts this book. Not the story (though he does that, too), but the book itself, possessing the characters at inconvenient moments, forcing broken language out of their mouths and scatte ... (read full critics)

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

• 'I won't make you feel better'

  Nicola Barker is worried about me. Not me specifically - though she has made sure I'm comfortable on her sofa with my cup of tea and the unpredictable attentions of her two friendly but rivalrous Boston terriers - but me as a representative of her re ... (read full critics)

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

1 Review

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  A wild ride

  Strikingly original, quite crazy. I had a hard time entering the book - the first chapter felt endless, and it took me some time to get used to the peculiar writing tricks. However, once I got into it I literally devoured the rest.
  I'm not sure I understood much of it, eh.
  But I sure enjoy ... (continue)

  Strikingly original, quite crazy. I had a hard time entering the book - the first chapter felt endless, and it took me some time to get used to the peculiar writing tricks. However, once I got into it I literally devoured the rest.
  I'm not sure I understood much of it, eh.
  But I sure enjoyed it.

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• English Books
• Hardcover 400 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0007193629
• ISBN-13: 9780007193622
• Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1032 mm x 323 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback

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