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Joshua Spassky (Paperback)

by Gwendoline Riley (Author)
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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (10 May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 022407699X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0224076999
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.4 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 531,015 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Riley's novels have been stylish and fresh...she's shown courage in sticking to her subject.'


The Times

'Riley writes with a Woolf-ish exactitude... A brilliant and
beautiful novel'
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Life of Riley, 21 Nov 2007
By A reader (Los Angeles CA) - See all my reviews
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I enjoyed Gwendoline Riley's first novel, Cold Water, having seen it named as one of the most promising debuts of 2002 in the Guardian magazine, but I haven't heard much about the author since, so I was intrigued to see a new novel (her third).

The novel's slim story revolves around a transatlantic romance, in which an estranged young couple reunite in a hotel. Written from the girl's point of view, she describes her on-off feelings for the boy, Joshua Spassky, while they generally hang out together.

Whereas Cold Water's prose style and slimness of plot seemed fresh and original, the reader imagining it closely followed the author's own life and character, with Joshua Spassky these attributes now make the book feel insubstantial, resembling more of a one-act play than a novel, but what Riley does she does well, and there's a definite sureness of hand in her writing.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, 20 Jun 2007
By M. W. Parkin "Mathew" (Norwich, UK) - See all my reviews
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Rileys command of language, which is wonderful, minimal sentences and unusual images create mood and feeling within in a few pages, and her perfectly formed prose are reason enough to read this slim volume.
The story tosses and turns between hope and despair. The book is occupied not only with the vivid main characters, but all the people who gravitate around them.
A must.
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8 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Gwendoline Riley, 24 Jul 2007
By Tsvetaeva (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This awful book was a complete waste of money. I hated the dull characters. It gave me great pleasure to toss it in the bin.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A strong narrative voice.
I had never heard of Joshua Spassky by Gwendoline Riley before. In fact, if I am quite honest, I'd never heard of Gwendoline Riley before at all, despite the fact that according... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars A weary third novel
Gwendoline Riley's weary tone, coupled with descriptions that make you feel hungry and desolate at the same time are what I love about her stories. Read more
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