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My Favourite Wife (Paperback)

by Tony Parsons (Author)
2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Harper (4 Aug 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007226497
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007226498
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 22,143 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Acclaim for for Tony Parsons: 'Funny, serious, tender and honest!Tony Parsons is writing about the genuine dilemmas of modern life' Sunday Express 'He takes as his specialist subject contemporary emotional issues which almost every other male writer has ignored' Guardian 'Memorable and poignant -- nobody squeezes more genuine emotion from a scene than Tony Parsons' Spectator


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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars The dilemmas of adultery with a twist, 5 Oct 2008
By RH (Evesham, UK) - See all my reviews
I found the contemporary China angle fascinating and as it was a long time since I had read his other books, the characters were fresh. In the light of recent news about infected baby milk and having watched the glitze of the Olympics, it was very interesting to get to the heart of the Chinese people. Life is cheap when there are so many lives in one place and with very little spiritual underpinning of society, the goal is always profit at the sacrifice of feelings.

The family is central again in his novel but the Chinese family relations make for an interesting contrast. His father and their relationship is juxtaposed with the Chinese mistress and her father. Having lived abroad, I really related to the pull of the elderly relatives back at home and the innocence of those newly arrived compared to those who have lived in such an environment for some time.

Not a book to make you feel comfortable, either with the Western influence on Chinese society or the inner workings of the heart.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Shallow, predictable, boring, 22 Aug 2008
By Self-help junkie (Birmingham, England) - See all my reviews
  
I read one of Tony Parson's books years ago and thought it was OK. This was going cheap so I picked it up somewhere - and it's just like the other one! The main male character is totally unlikeable; self-obsessed, selfish, self-justifying - and the others are just cardboard cut-outs: all very predictable, from the perfect, understanding wife, to the sad, but brave, Chinese mistress. That would be bad enough. But Parson's writing style drives me nuts: it's so self-conscious and trite, and just full of empty cliches. And it reads so obviously as though he has one eye on the film rights - it almost has scene directions for a producer!
I won't be reading any more of Parsons - I'm afraid the stories are just too repetitive and predictable. There is no real conflict, or inner development of character.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 1 Sep 2008
By Andy Y (London, UK) - See all my reviews
Tony Parsons' books used to be my staple holiday reading. Not any more. Whilst the research into China is impressive, the book is boring and too long. The story could have been told with 200 pages rather than over 400. The main character is unlikeable and one does not really care whether he stays with his trophy wife or not. The character of the mistress is completely shallow and it is unclear as to why the male lead is interested in her. Maybe because of the Mini Cooper with the Chinese flag on the roof. The worst thing is that Tony Parsons reuses the dying father issue to fill about 30 pages when it is unclear as to what purpose the father character serves and why he has to die. Next time I go on summer holiday I will have to go into a book shop, read at least a chapter of Tony Parsons' new book and will pass if it appears to be as pointless as this one.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Chinese sopa opera
Having observed the couples who had muddled along in search of love and fulfilment in Shanghai, Mr Persons gave the vivid descriptions of the couples who married and set up the... Read more
Published 20 days ago by superblues

4.0 out of 5 stars Emotional volume turned up to 11!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Tender about the frailties of men
I like Tony Parsons. He writes about the differences between men and women in a tender way, exposing the frailty and the strength of men. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Starts well but peters out.....
Really enjoyed the first half - maybe three quarters, but then the plot goes haywire and becomes totally implausible - loads of coincidences of people bumping into each other in a... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars OK read but depressing and not very well structured
This is a thoroughly depressing view of life for an ex-pat in China - I would love to visit China but, if this book is anything to go by, life for a westerner in Shanghai is... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Janie U

2.0 out of 5 stars Stick to Portugese wine Tony
I have read all of Tony Parsons' books and they have varied from tolerable bloke lit to self congratulation about what a trendy young gunslinger he once was. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars The worse book i have ever read.
Man wife and child go to China. Man has affair. Nothing else happens. I wasted a few hours of my life reading this and didn't enjoy it a bit. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly dull
I bought this booking thinking I would see how the family adjust to a new life and cope with the family crisis. Read more
Published 10 months ago by A. Douglas

1.0 out of 5 stars I'm disappointed!
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