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The Death of Bunny Munro

By Nick Cave

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'The Death of Bunny Munro' by Nick Cave

If modern fiction has produced a more deluded, creepy, sex-obsessed "hero" than Bunny Munro I've yet to encounter him. If you'll forgive the crudity, Bunny Munro is a wanker -- a literal wanker. He's obsessed with "beating off", as he puts it, and he ... (read full critics)

readingmatters published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave

"It was outrageous to think that a rock star could ever write a novel," Nick Cave once told an interviewer, referring to his 1989 prose phantasmagoria And the Ass Saw the Angel. "Part of what fuelled me is that everyone said I couldn't do it and in t ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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This book arrived yesterday and I decided to take break from the Mrs. Gaskell and start it straight away. This book is very different from And the Ass saw the Angel. But still very much from the mind of Nick Cave.
I was surprised to see on the jacket that Nick Cave now lives in Brighton but wh ... (continue)

This book arrived yesterday and I decided to take break from the Mrs. Gaskell and start it straight away. This book is very different from And the Ass saw the Angel. But still very much from the mind of Nick Cave.
I was surprised to see on the jacket that Nick Cave now lives in Brighton but when I read the book it was so obvious. The book is a torrid look at the horrid reality of life in England. The council estates, chavs, and Butlins.
The main character is a completely self-delusioned misogynist, who is absolutely unlikeable. The humour comes in pointing out the divergence between his reality and the world. Watching him slowly descend into madness and the apocalypse in a stream of beautifully frightful prose is great.
The other character Bunny's son you do feel sorry for. A kid trying to find his way in the madness that is the world around him. Idolising his dad and doomed to become him.
The book is good satire. The setting and the weather are fantastic. I'm glad it was short though it was a nice quick read. I think if I'd have had to spend more time with Bunny I wouldn't have enjoyed it.
I hope we don't have to wait another 20 years for Nick Cave to write another book.

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Robot-mel said on Sep 11, 2009 | Add your feedback

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A character to hate, a character to love. A fucking obsessed pervert, a remorseful father. A peculiar and special child to take care. A life-travel through excesses, desperation, illusions until a tragic end. In a way you don't expect. Nick Cave you are great!

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axel said on Sep 15, 2010 | Add your feedback

nice Punk story

wrote just like cave's music: a punch in the stomach, but with a nice sweet smile...
doesn't hurt, if you understand this smile

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Angry Bob said on Nov 21, 2011 | Add your feedback

Cruel, yet so sensitive. Strongly reminds me of the best J.T. Leroy and could as well be the screenplay for a movie by Quentin Tarantino, with that wise mixture of raw crudity and psychological insight. The prose flows unstoppably from the beginning straight till the end - you almost eat up this boo ... (continue)

Cruel, yet so sensitive. Strongly reminds me of the best J.T. Leroy and could as well be the screenplay for a movie by Quentin Tarantino, with that wise mixture of raw crudity and psychological insight. The prose flows unstoppably from the beginning straight till the end - you almost eat up this book.
I didn't know what to expect from Nick Cave as a writer - I knew (and loved) him solely as a musician. Well, he definitely passed the exam, as far as I'm concerned. He's striking and sublime. I really enjoyed his way of writing (so wild and poetic!) and his great inventiveness. I love how he made up the main characters and traced their human frailties, hesitations and utmost desires. Even minor characters were full of Cave's insight for human psychology.
Highly recommended!

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Margarita said on Jun 28, 2011 | Add your feedback

Bunny Munro is a hopeless asshole

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d*Ark Devotchka said on Nov 8, 2010 | Add your feedback

It's like Bukovski (or, better, the book that Bukovksi wrote when he was running out of ideas) with a touch of a medieval morality play. Why aren't you just happy with being my favorite rock singer, Nick? Why?

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Mr.Livingstone said on Sep 20, 2010 | Add your feedback