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by Toby Litt (Author) "This morning, after long discussions with my Agent, I sent Simona Princip, my Editor, the following: I can't write this in neat, organised sections -..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 418 pages
  • Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd (5 Jun 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0241141559
  • ISBN-13: 978-0241141557
  • Product Dimensions: 24 x 15.8 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 642,499 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'What I'm going to be writing will, I hope, be just the best beach book in the world, ever: naughty, gossipy - with just the right ratio of title to tattle. (You know what I mean, darlings, don't pretend you don't.) Virginia Woolf's letters (here in the string bag) are all very well, but they don't exactly make one throb, do they? Unfair: they make one throb, but higher up rather than lower down. And when I'm basting nicely on Sun Mark 8, factoring in my Ambre S, I need something with a bit of oomph, something with a bit of pandering to the baser' From Victoria's 'Holiday Diary'

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Toby Litt meets Virginia Woolf meets Big Brother, this novel aims to be "the best beach book ever". Naughty, gossipy, with just the right ratio of tittle to tattle, it aims to provide the right amount of "oomph" while you're basting in your sun tan oil.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of time and money., 27 Aug 2003
By Josh (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This definitely goes down as my worst read in a good few years. I struggle to see why it was published.

I was a big fan of Toby Litt's work prior to this - Dead Kid Songs was a fantastic read - so I splashed out and bought Finding Myself in hardback. I read through 424 pages waiting for something to happen but alas it never did and the style it was written in lacked any of the qualities I've enjoyed in his previous works. Just left me wondering why on earth this book was written.

Don't waste your money.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A great idea but a so/so novel, 21 Aug 2004
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A Big Brother-on-sea plot device, a ghost story, a socially inept heroine in the mould of Bridget Jones, some Virginia Woolf allusions and an ending with a nod to the film Some Like It Hot.

I bought this book when looking for a bit of humorous light reading and it did somewhat fulfil this brief - particularly in the second half.

But, parody or not, I had to struggle in parts to keep my interest as I didn't really engage with all the characters, and found some of their (few) actions unbelievable. I was left feeling disappointed.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Worst book of the Season, 27 Jun 2003
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This is an utterly awful book. I am a HUGE of Mr. Litt but cannot understand who he thought he was writing this book for. Certainly not for his readers. Why anyone would want to plod through 424 pages of this colossal mess is beyond me. I suffered through it waiting and hoping for it to finally kick in and become an intersting story, it never did. Very sad. Mr. Litt should have used the quirky blue line he uses to cross things out with in the book and crossed out the entire book. Back to the drawing board Mr. Litt. I think receiving the top British writers in Granta went right to your head. I hope this is the worst piece of writing you offer your readers.
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