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"'Hilarious and acutely affecting.' - Independent on Sunday 'Absolutely flawless comic writing. Original, fresh and funny.' - Observer 'Laugh-out-loud funny.' - Heat 'Smashing. Had me snorting like a hippo in mud.' - Sunday Herald"
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful, tender and really funny,
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This review is from: Gold (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.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Don't try to paint the sunset,
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"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:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Original,
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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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