- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (10 July 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0224060708
- ISBN-13: 978-0224060707
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,619,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I wouldn't describe this as 'hilarious' but it is a funny and warm story of a guy coming to terms with his wife's infidelity and the end of his marriage. Okay, I know that premise doesn't exactly sound laugh-a-minute but it really is an amusing and enjoyable read. The only sticking point for me was the ending - without spoiling the plot I just found it a bit too saccharine.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Fast and fun
29 Aug 2005
Format:Paperback
There are as many coming of age books as there are bad movies, but The Book of the Film of the Story of My Life takes an old theme and turns it into something new and fun. Frederick Case is a middle-aged New Zealander living in London. He mooches off his parents and adores his gorgeous film star wife, Sophie. But then she leaves him for her sexy American co-star, and the book begins.
The plot is quick and fun, as Case struggles to win Sophie back, with frequent flashbacks to how they meet, got married, and fell apart. Case thinks he sees his chance when both he and his ex-wife are invited to a glamorous party in Tahiti. Case hires a prostitute (but at least a fellow New Zealander) to travel with him as an escort, hoping to make Sophie jealous.
Sophie is pregnant, and Case thinks the baby may be his, and he ups his antics to win her back. There's a satisfying and fun ending that shows it's never to late to start fresh.
A fun, fast read, this is a good book for the beach or a quiet weekend curled up in a comfortable chair.
The plot is quick and fun, as Case struggles to win Sophie back, with frequent flashbacks to how they meet, got married, and fell apart. Case thinks he sees his chance when both he and his ex-wife are invited to a glamorous party in Tahiti. Case hires a prostitute (but at least a fellow New Zealander) to travel with him as an escort, hoping to make Sophie jealous.
Sophie is pregnant, and Case thinks the baby may be his, and he ups his antics to win her back. There's a satisfying and fun ending that shows it's never to late to start fresh.
A fun, fast read, this is a good book for the beach or a quiet weekend curled up in a comfortable chair.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Coming of Middle Age
6 Mar 2005
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
William Brandt has written a coming of age book, although it is middle age- 40 to be exact. "The Book of the Film of the Story of My Life" is a study of a life of a man turning forty and how he puts this life together.
Frederick Case has hypertension and it is a sign to him that in his middle age he is in trouble. He grew up in New Zealand, and he expected that he would change the world. Now he finds that the world has changed him, and he doesn't like what he sees. He is recently separated from his wife Sophie. Sophie, the movie star has become involved in a film where she has performed a close intimate act and now has fallen for the star. She has gone off and left him for her hunky costar.
Where does this leave Fred? He is reading scripts in London and lousy scripts at that. An invitation in the mail to an all expense paid vacation on a remote island comes to him, and he knows that Sophie and Matt will be there. By chance he comes upon a beautiful young woman, from New Zealand and is taken with her. The only problem is that she is not what she seems. She practices the oldest profession and how can this be?
Fred decides to pay this young woman, Melissa to accompany him to the island adventure as his girlfriend. Melissa is too overbearing and too cutesy and he doesn't; think she is pulling it off. However, his friends become enamored of Melissa. The time on the island is revealing, and Frederick realizes that his estranged wife is not what he really wants. He has given up booze and smokes for his health, and for the first time in a long while he can think clearly. Now he is beginning to understand what a mess he has made of his life. He begins to ask questions; are people who we really think they are? Is real life predictable and can we really go home again?
William Brandt has a fine idea for a novel. A middle aged man looking for his identity in all the wrong places, but finding it in a most uncommon manner. This is a modern love story with complex and believable characters that will make you laugh out loud. Recommended. prisrob
Frederick Case has hypertension and it is a sign to him that in his middle age he is in trouble. He grew up in New Zealand, and he expected that he would change the world. Now he finds that the world has changed him, and he doesn't like what he sees. He is recently separated from his wife Sophie. Sophie, the movie star has become involved in a film where she has performed a close intimate act and now has fallen for the star. She has gone off and left him for her hunky costar.
Where does this leave Fred? He is reading scripts in London and lousy scripts at that. An invitation in the mail to an all expense paid vacation on a remote island comes to him, and he knows that Sophie and Matt will be there. By chance he comes upon a beautiful young woman, from New Zealand and is taken with her. The only problem is that she is not what she seems. She practices the oldest profession and how can this be?
Fred decides to pay this young woman, Melissa to accompany him to the island adventure as his girlfriend. Melissa is too overbearing and too cutesy and he doesn't; think she is pulling it off. However, his friends become enamored of Melissa. The time on the island is revealing, and Frederick realizes that his estranged wife is not what he really wants. He has given up booze and smokes for his health, and for the first time in a long while he can think clearly. Now he is beginning to understand what a mess he has made of his life. He begins to ask questions; are people who we really think they are? Is real life predictable and can we really go home again?
William Brandt has a fine idea for a novel. A middle aged man looking for his identity in all the wrong places, but finding it in a most uncommon manner. This is a modern love story with complex and believable characters that will make you laugh out loud. Recommended. prisrob
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The best book in a long, long time
26 Feb 2005
Format:Paperback
This is an incredible book. It's funny, irreverent, brilliant, amazing. This author has the kind of natural voice that makes other writers want to chuck their pens. I couldn't read the book fast enough, yet I didn't want it to end so I had to pace myself, allowing only a few chapters at a time. By doing this, I was able to make the book last, hmmmm.... around four hours. I just had to read it fast. (Also, this is a great "writers' writer" book, i.e., if you're a writer, or you want to be a writer, or you used to be a writer, or you're a really bad writer, this is a have-to-have.)
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