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Can we ever be truly in control of our own destinies, or are our lives entirely shaped by random events and unknown people? Small World is an entirely contemporary and engrossing page-turner which explores universal themes of love, death, friendship, marriage, madness, and redemption, unifying them all through this central question.
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Friends, family, workmates. The woman you see at the bus stop every morning; the man who reaches for the last newspaper just before you get to it. Everyone you meet, and some you nearly meet, will have an impact on the way your day goes.
Small World is the story of a group of men and women, living and working in a city, who are connected through love, work, friendship, or simply by virtue of proximity. We connect with the hearts and minds of characters including an all-coping housewife, a stressed out working mother, a put-upon nanny, a long-suffering journalist, an Indian waiter who dreams of stardom, a grieving shop assistant, a stand-up comic and a psychotic policeman - all of whom speak directly to us about their innermost thoughts, fears and desires in a series of interwoven first-person narratives.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this very quickly and found it enormously readable, funny and clever. Some of the characters are extreme, but life is too, and if you take their opinions with a pinch of salt you should really enjoy this book.
A good marker for a great book in my opinion is when something shocking happens in the book, you immediately feel shocked yourself..i felt shocked on a number of occasions!!
Don't get me wrong, this is by no means an intellectual, high brow book, it's quite a similar style to 'E' and The Book, The Film The T Shirt', but that is by no means a criticism as both of these are firm favourites. Read Charlie Owen if you like this style of book, his are just as funny!!
A good marker for a great book in my opinion is when something shocking happens in the book, you immediately feel shocked yourself..i felt shocked on a number of occasions!!
Don't get me wrong, this is by no means an intellectual, high brow book, it's quite a similar style to 'E' and The Book, The Film The T Shirt', but that is by no means a criticism as both of these are firm favourites. Read Charlie Owen if you like this style of book, his are just as funny!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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That line comes on page 320, and I can't remember a more profound 4 word sentence in ANY book I've read. The rest of "Small World" is not quite so deep - in fact it deliberately concerns itself with the seemingly inconsequential connections we all have with the peripheral characters in our lives that turn out to be the magic thread that binds us all together... So the story passes you from person to person to person; sometimes you can see the next connection coming, other times they just smack you in the face (literally). As with most of Matt Beaumont's work, it's a 'concept' novel - ie it's based on a very distinctive multiple-first-person narrative, or in other words, it's a series of linked monologues. It's a very effective, very enthralling style that drives you on to the SLIGHTLY weak conclusion, but if that's a grumble, it's the only one.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I couldn't put this book down. It hit all the right notes. shocking in some parts but hillarious. Loved every page. Great for us women to gain an insight of how our men think!!! keep on writing
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Amazing
I absolutely loved this book! Read it in one day; didn't go to sleep until half past two in the morning, but I just could not put it down! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Eva F.
Best Book I've read yet!
'Small World' is the best Book I've read yet!
It's a real page turner, It has twists and turns that you just were not expecting from the start!
It's a real page turner, It has twists and turns that you just were not expecting from the start!
Published 5 months ago by Maximus3987
Disappointing
A decent final 20 pages can't disguise that this is a disappointing book. The first person narrative (nicked from Peep Show? Read more
Published 19 months ago by pbgeary
Best Ever List - Understatedly Clever - Reframing of Characters - Sad...
Innovative in a non-pretentious way.
Characters come up in settings as strangers, then you are invited to refocus, as you realise that you know the person, and their... Read more
Characters come up in settings as strangers, then you are invited to refocus, as you realise that you know the person, and their... Read more
Published on 15 May 2010 by D. R. Armour
worth a punt
when i first considered buying this book, i was put off by the number of different characters. i thought that it would be diluted, difficult to follow and would lack focus. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2010 by ajay313
Did not live upto the other reviews!
I expected this book to show a clever and intelligent perspective on how 'small' a world we really live in but I thought it was crass. Some of the characters were sociopathic. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2010 by Bookworm979
new fan
Excellent read, I couldn't put it down. Incorporates all the elements you need from a good book, funny, sad, mystery. It is a real page turner. Read more
Published on 7 April 2009 by Dianne Hutchison
couldnt put this book down
i really love matt beaumonts style of writing, I read this last night started at 11pm and finished at 3 am , I just couldn't put it down, excellent read.
Published on 18 Feb 2008 by Mr. W. Gooch
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