- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Black Swan; paperback / softback edition (15 Mar 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0552771317
- ISBN-13: 978-0552771313
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 511,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Absurd, hilarious...MAKING LOVE is incredibly clever without showing off, self-referential without being self-congratulatory, and a damn good read. Fantastic.'
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Time Out
'A smorgasbord of romantic romp, pseudo-scholarship, urban melodrama and metafictional mystery.'
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
my impulse buy of the year!,
This review is from: Making Love (Hardcover)
I don't normally buy new books, especially hardback ones, but I got this after going to a reading by the author and haven't regretted it. Maybe it's just that I haven't read much funny or romantic fiction for a while, but I had a wonderful time with it. I can't remember the last time I looked forward to coming home from work to a book (rather than a TV programme, or even a person!) in the same way (didn't take it with me during the day as it's quite heavy, and besides, there's that attention-seeking title). You can look elsewhere on this site for the plot, which is completely mad, and probably as a result fantastically entertaining. There are loads of giggles to be had, especially if you're into silly word puns. If you're a cynic about love like me, a lot of the conspiracy part is scarily convincing. If you're a deep-down softie, also like me, then the love story is pretty gorgeous too. And the whole thing has the same effect on the way you see books as the film Toy Story had on dolls. Loved it, what more can I say?
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brill-iant!,
By Mrs. Al Ghafry (Oman) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Making Love: A Conspiracy Of The Heart (Paperback)
Did you ever feel inadequate because you couldn't get past Page 1 of Ulysses by James Joyce? Fear not - Making Love has all the same fantastic use and abuse of the English language while being eminently readable! Brill manages to insert some type of humour in every line, whether it is irony, wit, punning or pure slapstick. His command of the English language is extraordinary and his ability to manipulate it astounding. An amazing-ly enjoyable book!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Book about a book.,
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This review is from: Making Love: A Conspiracy Of The Heart (Paperback)
This book is a very witty read. It's about Miranda, who is looking for romance, and who discovers a dusty book hidden away on the back of a shelf in the library. Miranda steals the book because the librarian won't let her take any more books out and she is overdue. She is desperate to read it because it contains the secret to finding love. This book turns out to be wanted by the Secret Service as they thought they'd destroyed all exisiting copies. They think it contains a conspiracy theory that they want hushed up. Miranda has a whole range of crazy adventures as the Secret Service try to take the book from her. It all makes for some hilarious reading. Does she get her man in the end? That would be telling! Oh, to add to the quirkiness of this book, the story is actually being told by the book itself! What a novel idea.
This is what I imagine the result would be if you mixed Bridget Jones with Thursday Next (Jasper Fforde).
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