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The Dead Fathers Club (Paperback)

by Matt Haig (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd; First Thus edition (1 Jun 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0224076132
  • ISBN-13: 978-0224078535
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.4 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 471,324 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars good but not quite so good, 14 Dec 2006
By C. Menzies "menziesenzie" (uk) - See all my reviews
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as "the last family in England".....definitely worth reading however and very easily digested with matt haig's style of short chapters.....I hope he continues the series of updated shakespearian dramas and the next one will be hopefully worth 5 stars again
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely brilliant.... , 4 Jul 2006
After enjoying 'The Last Family in England', I thought I would give this one ago... Loved It!
Absolutely brilliant, Funny yet Dark
I read it at every available opportunity and didn't want it to end.

If you havn't read this yet - what a treat you have in store!

I definitely recommend you buy it..
I'm just looking Forward to the Next :0)
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4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant surprise, 18 Jul 2007
By NB (Middlesbrough, UK) - See all my reviews
I loved his first book and tried to read this a while ago, and couldn't get into it.

Spurred on by another recommendation, I got this back out of the library and I'm glad I did.

Set in unglamourous Newark, this tips a wink to the story of Hamlet (Phillip's dad has died and is appearing as a ghost, and says that uncle alan, who is after Phillip's mum and their pub, killed him, and Phillip MUST seek revenge), which is clever and interesting, but what really made me love this was Phillip and his view of the world.

When you become an adult, I think you forget how simple and strange the world seems to a child, and his observations of sex, aerobics and relationships had me laughing out loud.

Haig plays about with language, marking pages with one word occasionally, and getting colloquial accents just right, and his writing feels very special and I implore you to read this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars IMAGINATIVE, HUMOROUS, AND TOUCHING

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