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It's the dawn of the new millennium and most people in Liverpool are coping with a thousand-year hangover. But in the midst of the debris, two people have found something wonderful: Kelly and Victor have found each other--and after just a few hours, they can't believe they were ever apart. In this harsh city, where hard men rule and ordinary people only work in order to pay for their next weekend of oblivion, a pair of young lovers has suddenly found a new reason to live. But love proves to be a more a dangerous drug than anything they could score on the streets. Written from the dual perspective of its two doomed protagonists, Kelly and Victor might be described as a modern love story. But despite moments of great tenderness, this is no book for romantics. Niall Griffiths' distinctive brand of Mersey-dark realism--well established in the underground classics Grits and Sheepshagger--is entering uncharted territory here, laying bare the least-visited quarters of human desire. This is a powerful, often frightening tale, in which people capable of the purest acts of love are also capable of violence and fatal obsessions. We might now be well into the third millennium, but Kitty and Victor's compelling message is that the Dark Ages are far from over. --Matthew Baylis
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"An astonishing feat -- a work which both challenges and re-affirms the power of the novel." -- Irvine Welsh
"An astonishing feat -- a work which both challenges and re-affirms the power of the novel." -- Irvine Welsh
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book quite a while ago now, and it still haunts me, it is a brilliant story of raw true love, if you are easily offended I wouldn't recommended. But if you didn't think you liked the traditional love story, but are yearning for an emotional tale, read this.
Niall Griffiths is a beautiful author, with a unique use of language. I am biased, but I think he is the greatest writer working today.
Niall Griffiths is a beautiful author, with a unique use of language. I am biased, but I think he is the greatest writer working today.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
...He is a master of language - the two phonetic monologues which make up this brutal yet moving tale of love in all its best and worst forms wash over you as you read, dragging you forward with their detail - almost as though first Victor and then Kelly have cornered you in the pub to tell you their story. The novel begins with Victor, a gentle, thoughtful lad, spotting the beautiful but confused Kelly in a pub in Liverpool while in the middle of his millennium party celebrations. He thinks she is the most beautiful girl he has even seen. Then they have sex. At the height of it, Kelly tries to strangle Victor. And he....loves it. From there the novel charts their complex, frequently heart-rending relationship as it spirals down over the next two weeks. Then Kelly tells essentially the same story from her point of view, forcing you to reassess moments and also to look at both protagionists in a different way. It is a story which I personally can't get out of my head although some readers may find parts - especially when narrated by Kelly - too terrible to read. Essentially a tale both of sado-masochism and of the purity of love I ended this novel weeping for Victor, but also more surprisingly, for Kelly. I would urge anyone who is interested in dark, satisfying fiction to buy this novel and would say Griffiths is one of the best - and most realistic - writers around right now.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Kelly and Victor is without a doubt one of the grittiest and intensely physical love stories you will ever read. Taken from both Kelly and Victors' perspectives, this story is a provoking and enjoyable read, at a near break neck pace.
It is near impossible not to mention the intense, often violent sex prominent throughout. The prominent asphyixiation is disturbingly beautiful and romantic. Easily condemned as evil, it in fact is told in way that conveys pure trust, romance, infatuation and love. Nial Griffiths places us in the situation, letting us feel what our protagonists feel.
This book is the 2week intense relationship we have all had somewhere down the line, yet taken to the absolute extremes where such an intense love can be ultimately the most tragic and damaging.
This is an amazing book, that will make you feel on edge, yet utterly enthralled, and much like kelly and vistor has you by the throat til you explode.
It is near impossible not to mention the intense, often violent sex prominent throughout. The prominent asphyixiation is disturbingly beautiful and romantic. Easily condemned as evil, it in fact is told in way that conveys pure trust, romance, infatuation and love. Nial Griffiths places us in the situation, letting us feel what our protagonists feel.
This book is the 2week intense relationship we have all had somewhere down the line, yet taken to the absolute extremes where such an intense love can be ultimately the most tragic and damaging.
This is an amazing book, that will make you feel on edge, yet utterly enthralled, and much like kelly and vistor has you by the throat til you explode.
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Not my kind of book
I'm not sure if this is hardcore trashy BDSM masquerading as literary fiction or literary fiction masquerading as hardcore trashy BDSM. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Vanessa Wu
Super speedy service
The book was in very good condition and was dispatched very quickly. I received it just a couple of days after I ordered it. Thank you.
Published 19 months ago by Rachel
My favourite novel
Thank you, Niall, for writing this amazing piece of art work. This book is so intense that it takes me on a journey beyond rapture and into the dark heart of the universe.
Published 20 months ago by Ms. V. Barton
if u have time to lose read this book
trivial, boring, predictable right from the beginning. Neither Victor or Kelly prove to be interesting in their way of life or more so in their description of it. Read more
Published on 23 July 2006 by Evangelos Papadomichelakis
A book that makes you think about modern love.
I have a love/hate thing going on with Niall Griffiths, I loved Grits but hated Sheepshagger and Stumped. The man seemed to be a Irvine Welsh clone at some point... Read more
Published on 13 May 2005 by Mr. Kd Leggett
wicked
i picked up this book by chance and i am so glad i did! its amazingly well writen. griffith has a very expressive way about him. Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2003
I thought I was prepared for anything
The kind of book you're scared of people reading over your shoulder. It unlocks something within you, the beauty of their desire - or obsession - for each other (more heartbreaking... Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2003 by Jacqueline Kent
Gruesome but gripping
Woah! This book is not for the faint-hearted. What starts out as a modern-day love story turns into a chilling horror of what happens when disaffected people turn bad. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2003 by "hsb_carter"
Is it possible to hate a book more?
I had to force myself to wade through this book to the conclusion that was obvious from about 30 pages in. Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2003 by Dinah93
A Page Turner
This is not the sort of book I would normally read. I picked it up in the book shop needed a read for while I wait for the bus to work. I was amazed at how "frank" it was. Read more
Published on 21 July 2003 by A. CARTER
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