- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Tindal Street Press (4 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0955138469
- ISBN-13: 978-0955138461
- Product Dimensions: 13.6 x 19.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 823,076 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Young Morley Charles worries that he's just not clever enough for the city's art school. He frets about his cap badge, the drawing competition and his father's conduct in Holland during WWII. But the fibs he tells to advance himself in the eyes of friends, family and the local priest bring all manner of trouble. Morley, the inventive and sexually curious hero of "The Pig Bin" is back with artistic ambitions and anxieties about links between his family and the Blackshirts. A glorious comedy of misunderstandings set in a seemingly ordinary end-of-wartime suburb.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having enjoyed The Pig Bin, I was looking forward to this second instalment in the trials and tribulations of a young boy growing up in Birmingham towards the end of the Second World War. Careless Talk did not disappoint. This is a very good read - at times heart warming and poignant; at others laugh out loud funny. I found parts of it reminiscent of David Mitchell's "Black Swan Green" for its ability to portray so convincingly the world view of an adolescent boy. Richardson captures perfectly the dialogue of a thirteen year old both externally with his friends, family, and teachers but also importantly with himself - the tortuous conversations that Morley conducts in his head to be able to face up to the world are both touching and humorous. His attempts to work himself up to going to confession to admit to his typical teenage boy self discovery activities are particularly funny.
The evocation of end of war England is excellent. The austerity is apparent and you can feel the worry and anxiety pervading day to day life contrasted with the joy of the end of the war and the homecoming parties.
Overall this is a charming, witty and insightful book which leaves you heart-warmed and wanting to know where life goes next for Morley Charles.
The evocation of end of war England is excellent. The austerity is apparent and you can feel the worry and anxiety pervading day to day life contrasted with the joy of the end of the war and the homecoming parties.
Overall this is a charming, witty and insightful book which leaves you heart-warmed and wanting to know where life goes next for Morley Charles.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A page turning book full of warmth and wit,a very worthy sequel to Richardson's excellent book The Pig Bin.
You empathise with Morley as he struggles through adolescence; laugh and cry with him as he adjusts to a new life at the Art School; fantasies about his father away at war and ponders the mysteries of the opposite sex.
Careless Talk brings to life the dreary era of war time Britain and the optimism as families adjust to the aftermath.
A very moving and heart warming book I look forward to meeting Morley as an adult.
Read and enjoy.
You empathise with Morley as he struggles through adolescence; laugh and cry with him as he adjusts to a new life at the Art School; fantasies about his father away at war and ponders the mysteries of the opposite sex.
Careless Talk brings to life the dreary era of war time Britain and the optimism as families adjust to the aftermath.
A very moving and heart warming book I look forward to meeting Morley as an adult.
Read and enjoy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Don't think I would have chosen this for myself, but someone lent it to me. I read it on the train from Birmingham to Barnstaple and couldn't put it down. I finished it in the station cafe running the risk that I'd be late for an important meeting.
It's immensely readable! No padding, no long boring descriptions of time and place, yet atmosphere is very strongly conveyed, you're bang there in mid 1940's austerity Brum - you can almost smell it. There's a lot going on but things never get confusing; you don't have to keep trawling back. Some bits can have you on the edge of your seat. It's very moving, even tear-jerking here and there, but above all it's extremely funny - laugh out loud funny. I've ordered the prequel. Get yourself both!
It's immensely readable! No padding, no long boring descriptions of time and place, yet atmosphere is very strongly conveyed, you're bang there in mid 1940's austerity Brum - you can almost smell it. There's a lot going on but things never get confusing; you don't have to keep trawling back. Some bits can have you on the edge of your seat. It's very moving, even tear-jerking here and there, but above all it's extremely funny - laugh out loud funny. I've ordered the prequel. Get yourself both!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Finding his way.....
Having read the Pig Bin and loved it, I couldn't wait for the next installment in the life of our young protagonist, Morley Charles. As anticipated I couldn't put it down. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2008 by L. P. Del Vecchio
A Cracking Good Read
Careless Talk is a heart-warming story of a 13 year old boy growing up in 1940's Birmingham.
Despite the fact I'm female, have little knowledge of 40's and live in... Read more
Despite the fact I'm female, have little knowledge of 40's and live in... Read more
Published on 25 May 2008 by Lynda Burgess
A Satisfying Story
A satisfying story not easily put down. I continually waanted to know the outcome of Morley Charles' latest misadventure, and whether he finally makes any sort ofsuccess of his... Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2008 by Mary Hanlon
A truly funny book...
Truly funny books are very rare. This is one of them. A great find. A thirteen-year-old boy, always on the fringe of things desperately tries to excel at everything and to become... Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2007 by Felicity Cullen
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