- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks (17 Oct 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0751532827
- ISBN-13: 978-0751532821
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 391,004 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'A twist on the usual chick-lit froth. . . Bosanko's debut is written with verve and manages to avoid the formulaic style of the genre' THE TIMES 'LAZY WAYS TO MAKE A LIVING is unputdownable. . . As light as champagne and as heady as a cocktail. . . a perfect summing up of her own fizzy, deliciously hedonistic book with its literary allusions, wicked turns of phrase and neat line in puns' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'A quirky read with twists and turns. This is life imitating chess with all the highs and lows of the game' U MAGAZINE 'It's not chick lit, more of a book for literary chicks' ECOSSE 'its combination of exquisitely realised middle-class fantasy which is just grounded in enough reality to keep it readable makes LAZY WAYS TO MAKE A LIVING such a rare treat' ECOSSE 'Entertainingly written with witty dialogue, sparky characters and a ridiculously elaborate plot, this is perfect escapist literature.' GOOD BOOK GUIDE 'A quirky romance with a twist.' COMPANY 'Wryly funny, intelligent and very entertaining.' MARIE CLAIRE
SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
'LAZY WAYS TO MAKE A LIVING is unputdownable...A deliciously hedonistic book with its literary allusions, wicked turns of phrase and neat line in puns'
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This has to be the best book ever to be given away on the front of a magazine. I know that completely contradicts with another reviewer's opinion, but that is all they really are, so read between the lines to make up your own mind. However, I cannot help but love this book. It is my comfort reading. And this review is long overdue. It's a book I always come back to; I'll never grow tired of it. It acts as a kind of catalyst, helps me put things in perspective, as many good books do.
I actually bought this book long before it was given away with `Marie Claire'. Unfortunately I leant my copy to my best friend whose stepsister trashed it, so I ended up with the free copy. But it's not what the cover looks like or how much it cost, but what's inside that counts. This book is an absolute delight.
The lexicography & chess themes throughout the book give it an intelligence not often found in the chic-lit genre. In fact I find Abigail Bozanko's approach to this book rather reminiscent of Alexander McCall Smith [& not only with the Edinburgh theme] she [like McCall Smith] has this casual way of educating us whilst telling the story. Dropping in philosophy; linguistics; politics; science; music; literature; travel, it's a veritable feast for the mind. Bozanko is obviously a very well-read & interesting character herself.
Every time I read `Lazy Ways to Make a Living' I see something new that I missed the first time. I've just read a joke [well, more of a pun actually] that I must have missed before about `Cuban Physiotherapy' that really made me giggle, & some of the Jane Eyre similarities were lost on me until I read that also.
The characters & story can at times be a little predictable but there are some excellent twists and turns that you wont see coming to keep you interested. Rose can be a little naïve when it comes to certain things but is also well balanced with her intelligence. Overall, she's not a bad protagonist. Many of the other characters have wonderful eccentricities that will keep you thinking & laughing the whole way through.
Delightful. Lovely. Wonderful. I highly recommend this book.
I actually bought this book long before it was given away with `Marie Claire'. Unfortunately I leant my copy to my best friend whose stepsister trashed it, so I ended up with the free copy. But it's not what the cover looks like or how much it cost, but what's inside that counts. This book is an absolute delight.
The lexicography & chess themes throughout the book give it an intelligence not often found in the chic-lit genre. In fact I find Abigail Bozanko's approach to this book rather reminiscent of Alexander McCall Smith [& not only with the Edinburgh theme] she [like McCall Smith] has this casual way of educating us whilst telling the story. Dropping in philosophy; linguistics; politics; science; music; literature; travel, it's a veritable feast for the mind. Bozanko is obviously a very well-read & interesting character herself.
Every time I read `Lazy Ways to Make a Living' I see something new that I missed the first time. I've just read a joke [well, more of a pun actually] that I must have missed before about `Cuban Physiotherapy' that really made me giggle, & some of the Jane Eyre similarities were lost on me until I read that also.
The characters & story can at times be a little predictable but there are some excellent twists and turns that you wont see coming to keep you interested. Rose can be a little naïve when it comes to certain things but is also well balanced with her intelligence. Overall, she's not a bad protagonist. Many of the other characters have wonderful eccentricities that will keep you thinking & laughing the whole way through.
Delightful. Lovely. Wonderful. I highly recommend this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was stuck at Edinburgh Airport one miserable evening with nothing to do but wait for my delayed flight. I bought a magazine purely because this book came free with it and I thought one or the other would keep me entertained. I didn't expect much from it, but I was hugely entertained! The idea of an modern, educated woman choosing to be kept might seem anti-feminist and non-PC but Rose's choice is completely understandable - she is happy, in love and it's only a temporary stopgap while she gets her career back on track. Jamie's attitude is less forgiveable but he's still a very attractive character. He and Rose are each odd in their own way but perfectly suited to each other.
I love Jamie and Rose's enjoyment of fine living - good food, good booze, hot baths and chess - and each other. I also love all the little bits of information - from the Gaelic word for love to the use of fishing line for stringing necklaces - that are scattered throughout the book.
I re-read this book regularly. It's like a warm quilt and a cup of tea by the fire.
I love Jamie and Rose's enjoyment of fine living - good food, good booze, hot baths and chess - and each other. I also love all the little bits of information - from the Gaelic word for love to the use of fishing line for stringing necklaces - that are scattered throughout the book.
I re-read this book regularly. It's like a warm quilt and a cup of tea by the fire.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a confirmed man, i was very pleasantly surprised to actually enjoy a 'woman's novel' after being coerced / blackmailed into buying it by a (female) work colleague.
I liked the heroine (could have been horribly girlie with a name like 'Rose'), but she wasn't wet & pathetic yet i did still feel sympathetic towards her and (thankfully) she wasn't a modern-day man-mocking superwoman either.
I liked the heroine (could have been horribly girlie with a name like 'Rose'), but she wasn't wet & pathetic yet i did still feel sympathetic towards her and (thankfully) she wasn't a modern-day man-mocking superwoman either.
Most surprising it actually came across as a sexy(!) book, not jilly cooper 'sexy' (see blokes do read some women authors) but actually 'real people, real feeling & real passion' sexy.
Very importantly, i found something funny every couple of pages and a decent laugh at least three times a chapter.
The chess metaphor wasn't over my head, i even understood a bit of the Jane Eyre stuff. The Edinburgh references amused me, as i know the city, enough to recognise places i've been (and it is a great restaurant), the GM potatoes are very contemporary, but still comic, the Vegas bit is more realistic than it sounds, the kept woman heroine is an intriguing concept done well and i even learnt the origins of certain words, to show-off with.
And it was romantic, with being sickly bile-inducing sweet. I was actually on the edge of my tube seat for the final 'will-they-won’t-they' 12 pages.
Not really a total page-turner but a fine long weekend / holiday / way to work book.
It gets the fifth star for shamelessly flicking Vs at political correctness, and doing it in a very intelligent way.
I’d recommend it to anybody who can read.
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Educational chick-lit!!
Hooked by the first paragraph I knew I was going to love this book and I wasn't disappointed. Apart from being romantic and full of "will they? won't they? Read more
Published 12 months ago by J. Watts
Just brilliant !
This Book is great , It grips you straight away , Funny & light hearted . I honeslty couldn't put it down ....I wish I knew Rose personally ..ha ha ha .... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Alee.xx
Lazy ways to make a living
This was a creative and enthusiastic page turner throughout. The synopsis on the back gives the impresion of chick-lit. It is not. If it is, it is chick-lit with attitude. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Carolyn
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This is one of the better examples of the chick lit genre, with an original and quirky heroine and writing that sometimes truly fizzes with wit and erudition. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2010 by Janie P
like champagne!
Don't listen to the negative reviews. I thinks some of these people didn't get the humour and took the whole thing at face value. This is a brilliantly entertaining book. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2007 by Acinom
The Best Book I've Read In A Long While
I can't remember the last time I picked up a book and got glued to it. Neither can I remember the last time I loved a book so much that I found myself thinking about it for days... Read more
Published on 2 May 2006 by E. Francis
A treat
The novel is witty, fresh, emotionally involving and a very, very enjoyable read. I think those that nit pick about how believable certain things are miss the point, its fiction! Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2006
hopelessly mediocre
To be honest, this book really isnt worth buying. The beginning was reasonably good, but the rest of it is rubbish. The plot and the characters arent credible..... Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2006 by "xoxbeautyismygamexox"
poor
I am only giving this book one star because there was not an option of giving it a minus star. The book is boring, full of cliches and very predictible.
Published on 16 April 2005 by Varuna
Don't waste your money on this one ...
Sigh - there are so many mediocre books around - and this is yet another one. Still what can I expect from a book given away free in a glossy magazine? Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2005 by A. Linton
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