- Paperback: 372 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd (14 Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099409836
- ISBN-13: 978-0099409830
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,229,471 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sam Glass wants to go far. But not up the career ladder. Sam wants to go to Antarctica. Sam is a slave to his pager. A drone in the advertising industry, he spends his days being insulted by bosses, ad agency creatives and clients alike, and his evenings drinking with friends. At twenty-five, he's stuck in a rut of post-university, first-job existence. And he hates it. When he notices an advert for a research job in Antarctica, Sam is galvanised into action: this magical land of snow, ice and utter serenity represents the ultimate escape. While he and his best friend, Henry, endure the gruelling selection procedure, he embarks on both the destruction of his ordered, career-orientated, tidy life, and a string of well-organised, casual affairs. What Sam doesn't bargain for, however, is falling in love. Lively, funny and incredibly perceptive, "Take One Young Man" is a profoundly intelligent and moving novel.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding first novel, a 'must buy'.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Take One Young Man (Paperback)
I bought this book on the strength of four sentences that I read at The Richmond Review's website where there is an interview with the author. They were - 'The question of why Leo wanted Kasia to see him as he was then and not as he was now did not cross Kasia's mind. The answer was obvious. The answer was just as clear as Leo's eyes were cloudy, it was as straightforward as Leo's fingers were bent. It was sitting in every crease and fold of Leo's papery skin.' Reading that passage brought a lump to my throat. Any text that has that effect at 0640 hours has to be worth pursuing. It's difficult to discuss this novel without giving too much away. It's told mainly from from the POVs of Sam, aged 25, and Leo, aged 86, both of them extraordinarily convincing considering that the author is female and still in her twenties. If her publishers have the sense to let her follow her instincts, rather than making her conform to theirs, by the time she's a fortysomething she'll have a wonderful backlist. The book also has an unusually interesting heroine and several good subsidiary characters, including a cat and someone you enjoy hating. I like to finish a story knowing more about the world than I did on page one. This book is brilliant on Antarctica. Obviously the author is spellbound by it and conveys the magic to her readers. Sam's job in an advertising agency (where the author was working when she wrote this) also made me understand why we're plagued with those ridiculous TV car ads that, if you're in the market for a car, tell you nothing you want to know and, if you aren't, make you grind your teeth at the senseless waste of money. I'm impatient to read Vivien Kelly's next book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny, poignant, escapist.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Take One Young Man (Paperback)
This was one of the best books I've read in recent months. It involves some wonderfully drawn characters, the central of which are Sam Glass and his grandfather Leo, who appear to be almost one in the same person. It's a book about grabbing life with both hands and not letting convention stand in one's way; love; what might have been, and how to be just a little reckless! What actually drew me to this particular book was its reference to the Antarctic, which, in fact, is somewhere I yearn to go, for exactly the same reasons as Sam's. I finished the book thinking "What a lucky guy"!Basically, I loved this book and could highly recommend it to anyone who loves a bit of escapism, romance and laughter, with a bit of weeping thrown in for good measure.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Laugh, snigger then cry,
By A Customer
This review is from: Take One Young Man (Paperback)
What an excellent first work by Ms Kelly, You feel you want to hug the characters becuse you get to know them so well. It makes you laugh, snigger and then cry as it unfolds. This lady stands to go a long way and I for one will be waiting for her next.
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