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Singling Out the Couples (Paperback)

by Stella Duffy (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; New edition edition (2 Nov 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844083330
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844083336
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 202,129 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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*'Duffy is deadly, and very funny, on the narcissism and self delusion which seem to keep ... coupled love going' INDEPENDENT *'An extraordinary, glittery parable about the power and cruelty of relationships' Fay Weldon, MAIL ON SUNDAY *'A witty, sexy, modern fable ... Duffy has a wonderful, cynical view of modern relationships' GAY TIMES *'An intelligent piece of writing that forces us to re-examine sex and love in today's society' EXPRESS 'Duffy is at her most powerful with her merciless, wickedly accurate observations on the minutiae of modern metropolitan relationships of all persuasions ... an irresistible delight' DIVA 'A darkly post-modern fairy-tale for the This Life generation

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'Duffy is deadly, and very funny, on the narcissism and self delusion which seem to keep ... coupled love going' (Independent )

'A witty, sexy, modern fable ... Duffy has a wonderful, cynical view of modern relationships' (Gay Times )

'An intelligent piece of writing that forces us to re-examine sex and love in today's society' (Express )

'A darkly post-modern fairy-tale for the This Life generation ... A wise, witty, wicked book' (Scotsman ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Modern Fairy Tale, 30 Jan 2009
`Singling Out The Couples' is a magical modern fairytale. A princess from a land far beyond the tube system arrives in London. Cushla isn't your average hard done by Princess, this Princess if different for she has no heart. IN having no heart the one thing that Cushla hates above all other things is love, and in particular couples in love.

She sets out to break these couples up in anyway she can using her birth given magic. We watch as she separates first Jonathan and Sally (by sleeping with Jonathan), second Martin and Josh (by becoming one of the men's first female lover) and thirdly Philip and Frances (by finding Frances's inner lesbian) it's a metro-sexual fable in its own way. However in the land that is far away not all is well and the king and queen send out her brother to stop her wild antics and to stop her from growing a heart. Does it like a fairytale of old have a happy ending? You will have to read it and find out and seriously you should read it.

Stella Duffy has a way with words, it cannot be put any other way. I don't mean pretentiously I mean she seems to love words and uses them freely and quite unashamedly which is how it should be, it read slightly like poetry in its own way. That and the mixture of a fairytale is quite a heady mix. I am really surprised that this hasn't been optioned for TV as I can imagine it making a great three part show (maybe I should get working on that) for winter weekend Sundays.

If you like to be taken to far away lands seeing London through strange stranger's eyes like I do, then this is a book for you. I enjoyed it no end.
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5.0 out of 5 stars must read, 11 Nov 1999
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This is a frothy hot chocolate of a book. This book contains all the elements of the modern World. Plus it's a good old fashion story tale about good and evil. Priness Cushla desends from a faraway land to wreck havoc on couples that are happy and in love. I could not put this book down.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Cynical, witty view of modern relationships, 18 Jan 1999
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The plot is basically this .... Cushla, the fairy princess without a heart (the compassion fairy was late) has come to earth with one mission .... to break up loving relationships. To do this she seduces one of the parties to a relationship and we, the reader, get to watch the demise of that relationship and all the guilt, hatred and desparation that follows. Hillarious, with plenty of perceptive observations as to the nature of relationships today. Read this book, especially if you've just come out of a relationship and are feeling, how shall we say, slightly twisted.
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