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Michael Palin
`No-one does truthful and touching and very funny as well as David
Nobbs. Cupid's Dart is a lovely book.'
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Nobbs. Cupid's Dart is a lovely book.'
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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The hilarious new paperback from the creator of Reginald Perrin
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good intro to David Nobbs,
By Demo "hairyharry1" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cupid's Dart (Paperback)
Alan Calcutt is a fifty-five year old Professor of Philosophy at Oxford, who is a virgin and extraordinarily unworldly; similar to the judge who had never heard of the Beatles, as is pointed out in the book. He meets twenty-four year old Ange from Essex on a train one day and plucks up the courage to ask her out. They introduce each other to their respective worlds, his of Philosophy and Logic, and hers of being a darts groupie.
It is the story of his coming of age. It is also a story of people's insecurities, class differences and snobbery, and the closeness between love and hate, and the small things it takes to tip you between them. Having allowed for all those lofty themes in the book, as I was reading it it felt light and unfulfilling, but as I finished the last page it had enough substance to leave a lump in my throat, so I must have been hooked more than I thought. If you read the brilliant Going Gently and are thinking of buying this because of that, you might be disappointed; if you want an introduction to David Nobbs that is funny in parts and eventually quite moving then this would be a good place to start.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Onehundredandeighteeeeeeeeee!,
By Gromit "Gromit" (HYDE, Cheshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cupid's Dart (Hardcover)
Game On... Nobbs is always a great read - intelligent, observant and funny. Cupid's Dart is a well crafted book, highly readable and very touching. Even when Nobbs plays a trick with his readers, we forgive him because of the sheer joys he sends our way. This is his best since Going Gently. I do have a couple of slight criticisms. The characters are extremes of each other, so at first appear a bit stereotypical until we get to know them. Secondly, the book is written though the voice and thoughts of Alan. The Alan character is staid, repressed, boring, unloved and humourless - everything that Nobbs is not. So when Alan does come out of his shell because of Ange, and stops being staid, repressed, boring, unloved and humourless the narrator appears a bit self anaytical. These are just minor faults - Cupid's Dart is a joy to read, much too short, and very funny.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good intro to David Nobbs,
By Demo "hairyharry1" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cupid's Dart (Hardcover)
Alan Calcutt is a fifty-five year old Professor of Philosophy at Oxford, who is a virgin and extraordinarily unworldly; similar to the judge who had never heard of the Beatles, as is pointed out in the book. He meets twenty-four year old Ange from Essex on a train one day and plucks up the courage to ask her out. They introduce each other to their respective worlds, his of Philosophy and Logic, and hers of being a darts groupie.
It is the story of his coming of age. It is also a story of people's insecurities, class differences and snobbery, and the closeness between love and hate, and the small things it takes to tip you between them. Having allowed for all those lofty themes in the book, as I was reading it it felt light and unfulfilling, but as I finished the last page it had enough substance to leave a lump in my throat, so I must have been hooked more than I thought. If you read the brilliant Going Gently and are thinking of buying this because of that, you might be disappointed; if you want an introduction to David Nobbs that is funny in parts and eventually quite moving then this would be a good place to start.
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