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"Rhodes's fans already know about his skill with character, his brilliant sense of humour and ability to pull the rug from under the reader at just the right moment, but Gold is an even more emotionally powerful read than anything he's written before. This tale of a Japanese woman struggling to find her place in a small Welsh community is Rhodes at his very best, and that's as good as it gets." Matt Thorne "Very clever and very funny, Gold goes straight to the heart. Dan Rhodes is a true original; with a fresh, funny, quirky style that seems to owe nothing to other writers, and everything to his own powers of invention." Hilary Mantel"
Jenny Colgan
"Whilst remaining as funny and original as ever, Gold is maybe
Rhodes' most adult, moving book yet. Unforgettable."
Rhodes' most adult, moving book yet. Unforgettable."
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Miyuki Woodward spends two weeks of each year away from her lover, Grindl, in a sleepy seaside village in Wales. She spends her time reading, walking, stuffing her face with macaroni cheese and frazzles. She also drinks in the local pub with short Mr Hughes, tall Mr Hughes, Mr Puw and Septic Barry.
The village is a place where much stays the same, but Miyuki feels a compulsion to do something creative with seven tins of gold paint, and this will have repercussions.
'Gold' is a character driven novel, but Rhodes' attention to detail and perfect obeservations make this a sheer joy. The book is in turns funny, tender, painful and beautiful. I really did laugh out loud reading about the pub landlord who reads that being deliberately rude to customers will attract a cult following of new customers.
This book was an unexpected pleasure. Highly recommended.
The village is a place where much stays the same, but Miyuki feels a compulsion to do something creative with seven tins of gold paint, and this will have repercussions.
'Gold' is a character driven novel, but Rhodes' attention to detail and perfect obeservations make this a sheer joy. The book is in turns funny, tender, painful and beautiful. I really did laugh out loud reading about the pub landlord who reads that being deliberately rude to customers will attract a cult following of new customers.
This book was an unexpected pleasure. Highly recommended.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"Gold" tells the story of Miyuke, a Welsh-Japanese junk food addict who spends her annual holiday away from her much-loved partner in Pembrokeshire among a bunch of mainly elderly pub bores. It might look like a beguilingly slow, comic read, but though the comedy is real it masks a serious purpose. It's about not trying to prolong moments - carpe diem, if you like, but having plucked it, don't try to make it last, because it isn't meant to. Miyuke's attempt to prolong the transient gold of a beach sunset by literally gilding the rocks is emblematic of this theme. Very readable, and in the end quite sad, as many of Rhodes' are, but the end is justified and feels right. And don't fall into the common error of English critics, ie thinking that comedy can't be profound and "serious" writers should avoid it. Most of them do avoid it, but only because it's so much harder than tragedy.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'd never heard of Dan Rhodes until browsing the Lad Lit chart, which seems to fall into 2 genres, your shoot them up boys own Andy Mcnabb adventures or your lad's well observed view of the world circa Steve Horsfall, Nick Hornby etc; Gold falls more towards the latter and I found it to be very well written with good humour and observation about cultural clashes, whilst taking in the wonderful pub life and Pembrokshire atmosphere. Nice twist at the end too. Others have remarked on the story being a little short but there seems to be a trend here as authors look to not overcook (Horsfall's It's Cold Outside is even shorter for instance). Gold is great value and I highly recommend..
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Great book, lousy formatting
I read the paperback a few years ago and would very much like to buy the Kindle version but the sample I downloaded presents the text as unjustified (lazy) and entirely in italics... Read more
Published 2 months ago by S. R. Basso
GOLD
I read this book because I am in a book group, had it not been for this reason I would never have read it to the end. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Amber Stuart
A wonderful discovery
I came across this novel while browsing in our local library, and what a find! I had never heard of Dan Rhodes, and didn't have great expectations, but I absolutely loved this... Read more
Published 7 months ago by F. M. M. Stott
A sweet, easy read
This is a really "nice" book with fun, rounded, well-formed characters. It's like putting on a pair of slippers. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mrs. S. Biddulph
Wonderfully engaging and VERY funny!
Dan Rhodes could be on his way to becoming my favourite new author; his collection of short stories `Anthropology' was witty and slightly crazy and the same is true of `Gold', the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by ian m farrell
An Odd Voice
A rather quirky book- the main character drinks a rather unbelievable amount of beer.
Billed as a Comedy, this could be so until the abrupt ending. Read more
Billed as a Comedy, this could be so until the abrupt ending. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Troy Beal
Quirky and enjoyable
Really enjoyed this quirky and unpredicatable book, it made me laugh out loud which is genuinely unusual when it comes to books. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Miss Smith
UNPUTDOWNABLE
Folks, this book is a treat indeed. It was really "unputdownable" (quotation from the back cover), except after the first 160 pages I had to call it a day and finish it off the... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Björn Weizenkeim
Just like the rock, it twinkles from afar...
Gold.
It's a bright material, you know? One that seems to make us feel happier, lighter somehow. That's the same effect Rhodes' narrative had on me. Read more
It's a bright material, you know? One that seems to make us feel happier, lighter somehow. That's the same effect Rhodes' narrative had on me. Read more
Published 21 months ago by A. G. Lamas
Fun, quirky and just plain nice!
Set in the idyllic Welsh countryside, Gold is the story of Miyuki Woodward, a half-Japanese/half-Welsh interior designer who takes her two weeks vacation alone in the same village,... Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2010 by JpfA
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