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Girls' Night Out (Paperback)

by Kathy Lette (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (13 Aug 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330329286
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330356299
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 79,937 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A satire on sex, surf and shenanigans in Australia. In a series of conversations, the lifestyle of the modern Aussie woman is revealed, as they discuss the man shortage, Aussie footballers, the married man syndrome and have-it-all feminists.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Scabrous and hilarious, 27 Jan 2005
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This book is the jewel Kathy Lette's canon - all her other work seem seems tame and rather dull by comparison.

This is essentially a collection of short stories told by Australian women. It is crude, lewd and often downright rude but it is but always funny. Anybody with delicate sensibilities should probably not read this - everybody else should.

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5.0 out of 5 stars wickedley hilarious, 19 Feb 2004
This book is a must read for anyone who has a sence of humour. From the first page I was hooked. I could not wait to read more. kathy lette has a unique way of writting. This collection of eight short stories made me laugh and cringe.
In some parts I felt as though she had read my mind and was telling stories for my life. Although I have never spent any time on a commune (and have no plans to after reading this book). We have all been there getting ready for hours to go on a date, who then never turns up. Say to our friends I wont call him, and then do!
If you want to make sure your funny bone is still in full working order then get your own copy now! I will be getting one of Kathy's other titles to read next.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not her best, 15 Sep 2003
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This is a collection of stories loosely connected by its characters, a group of old school friends, most of which meet up in the final tale, Girls’ Night Out.

Although Kathy Lette’s strongly recognisable irony, wit and rapid-fire puns are disappointingly sparser than in her novels, when they do grace an appearance they’re as razor sharp as ever. Through her usual milieu of dysfunctional relationships she uses these stories to capture Aussie life (and low lifes) circa the late eighties; Aussie men, married men, fathers, New Age hippies, football groupies, first dates and surfer culture all come under her shrewd and acidic observations.

This is fledgling material and she appears to be still in the process of discovering her much mimicked (though never bettered) style through these short stories. The more sparing use of humour actually benefits in so far as letting the bleakness and desperation of her characters and their lives become all the more tangible; the short story format emphasising this further by necessarily leaving these glimpses of their lives unresolved. And yet, for this same reason, they fail to satisfy in quite the same way as her novels do. Nevertheless, they are still worth reading. If you have worked you way through the rest of her writings and still hungry for more, then I’d highly recommend it.

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