- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Serpent's Tail (26 Jan 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1852426667
- ISBN-13: 978-1852426668
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,430,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Voluntary Madness is that rare creature, a book you don’t want to finish, but when it does, it leaves you with an ending that doesn’t disappoint’
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The Guardian
‘The relentless, reckless nihilism is enough to make your head spin’
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Waif-like Juliet is trying to steer her ailing and alcoholic boyfriend Punch away from their fast approaching death pact. A hedonistic, passionate lifestyle in the Florida Keys and a new friend gradually convince Juliet that she doesn't want to die on Mardi Gras night, but persuading Punch envision a future is no simple task. A modern love story not to be confused with any fairytale.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a whirlwind story of two lovers who have decide to live on the wilde side of life for a year before they commit sucide.
Juliet our young potagonist is a confused woman who has decided since her lover Punch, is dying that she can not live without him. The story unravels as they do more obsecure things inorder to provide Punch with material for his book. Things however slip out of their control as they begin a life of crime. A great style and great writting although the story at times becomes slightly disposable.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Tart Noir at its Best
10 Dec 2000
Format:Hardcover
Sexy, gritty and raw, yet at the same time intelligent and touching, VOLUNTARY MADNESS proves Vicki Hendricks is the queen of noir. The novel is the story of young Juliette and her relationships with the characters around her - especially her drunken, would-be novelist boyfriend Punch. Their plan is to defy the futility of the world by "living wild" in Key West, Florida for a year until their money runs out at which time they will unite in a spectacular, public double suicide. This is a hardboiled book, with vivid, tough prose and crime elements that build as the tale progresses, but the genius of the story is the novel's struggle to differentiate between art and life, and the conflict inherent when these terms become mutually exclusive. A quick and frank read with the ability to cull weak readers from literary herd.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
A tongue-in-cheek tour- de- farce of Key West!
9 Oct 2000
Format:Hardcover
Wow! What a tipsy ride through town this was. Hendrick's has really captured the unsavory, but oh so captivating life in Key West. She paints such vibrant characters in this book: a failed flasher--ho!ho!(she can't seem to stun the KW gay guys with her exposed beaver); a pathetic but lovable, suicidal diabetic who is a Hemingway wanna-be; and a Lesbian witch who makes you want to race out and have sex no matter what your prefrences are...
The main duo in the book pull off the zaniest capers. They're literally all over town. If you know Key West you'll love the mixture of real and imagined characters. There's these robberies where the best of Key West food is the target. Chefs all over the island are hoping not to be left out. It's funnier than reading the Key West Citizen's crime report. It's written with more literary pizzazz than Hendrick's has ever shown before.
A parrothead's must. The perfect book to take with you when you visit. The perfect book to remember Key West life...
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Us against the world, babycakes!
1 Nov 2001
Format:Hardcover
I couldn't believe I actually cried through the last 3 chapters of the book! Ah, the bitter sweetness of true love. The characters were so unapologetically dysfunctional that it made the story that much more real and that much more beautiful. Hendricks makes you feel like you're watching a homemade video of a real-life couple's tragic story.
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