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‘Rich in the forensic detail that’s made Arnott the pop-culture laureate he is…breathless and compelling’ (Martin Horsfield, Time Out )
‘Fascinating, compelling, pulpy – all you’d expect from a writer who just keeps getting better.’ ( Arena )
‘Bristling with contained energy and generating a white-hot unease. Best of all, the novel rescues the 1970s from the simple-minded dismissal of the entire decade as a kitsch-only zone…as Arnott argues with urgent, spellbinding power, it was a decade aflame rather than just flaming’ ’ (Patrick Ness, Guardian )
‘Beautifully observed and brilliantly paced…a fascinating portrait of impotence and amorality by a writer unafraid to take risks’ (Michael Arditti, Independent )
‘Once again he has skewered an age to the page…funny, sexy, touching, too, but it is the undertow of dread beneath the antics that makes it a serious achievement’ (Mark Sanderson, Evening Standard )
‘Fascinating, compelling, pulpy – all you’d expect from a writer who just keeps getting better.’ ( Arena )
‘Bristling with contained energy and generating a white-hot unease. Best of all, the novel rescues the 1970s from the simple-minded dismissal of the entire decade as a kitsch-only zone…as Arnott argues with urgent, spellbinding power, it was a decade aflame rather than just flaming’ ’ (Patrick Ness, Guardian )
‘Beautifully observed and brilliantly paced…a fascinating portrait of impotence and amorality by a writer unafraid to take risks’ (Michael Arditti, Independent )
‘Once again he has skewered an age to the page…funny, sexy, touching, too, but it is the undertow of dread beneath the antics that makes it a serious achievement’ (Mark Sanderson, Evening Standard )
'Undoubtedly Arnott’s best invention to date.’
(Henry Sutton, Daily Mirror )'Compelling'
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
More "Pin Ups" than "Ziggy",
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This review is from: Johnny Come Home (Paperback)
As a fan of his last 3 books, I think that perhaps I was looking forward to this one too much. The prospect of 70's pop culture and the obvious Bowie references seemed to promise much. Unfortunately I was rather disappointed.
The juxtaposition of 70's pop culture and "urban terrorism- political activism " just didn't work for me at all. Some of the 70's bits worked well, spotting the Bowie-Ziggy stuff was a treat, as was splitting of glam rock into 2 parts the Good- Bolan and Bowie- and the Bad and The Ugly - Glitter and The Sweet et-al. The novel for me lacked a central character; it was an ensemble piece of disparate individuals linked by the various threads. The question I ask myself is did I look forward to it too much, or is it his weakest novel to date?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Exploitation and the exploited,
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This review is from: Johnny Come Home (Paperback)
A tale of the ceaseless search for identity set against the backcloth of the glam rock era of the early 1970s. The private, the public and the political clash as a rent boy and a group of squatters and political activists attempt to deal with an unwelcoming world of uncertainty, change and exploitation. Ultimately, each one of them comes to question his/her own value system.
In common with other books seeking to evoke recently bygone times (I had the same problem with Alan Hollinghurst's "Line of Beauty"), the period detail sometimes seems a little contrived and obvious, but that does not detract from tbe very atmospheric feel of the book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great ideas, as always.,
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This review is from: Johnny Come Home (Paperback)
In the grim London of the early '70s, two disparate threads of the era - post-hippy revolutionary politics and glam rock - meet. Arnott's meditations on modern history are, as always, fascinating and original - for instance, the link he makes between glam rock and science fiction TV shows of the 1950's was a completely new idea to me, as was his Situationist interpretation of the work of Gary Glitter(!)
However, as other reviewers have pointed out, it's less satisfying when seen as a piece of storytelling - a brisk read which finishes rather abruptly.
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