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All This is Mine (Paperback)

by Ray French (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Secker & Warburg (3 Jul 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0436210193
  • ISBN-13: 978-0436210198
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,732,089 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'As the collection progresses, there rises from its blend of comedy and pathos, a universalising, almost mythic quality.' Times Literary Supplement

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'poignant views of the joys, sadness and sheer ghastliness of childhood. (And children.)'

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5.0 out of 5 stars Subterranean, 20 Aug 2003
By costas georgiou (london United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Ray French's novel is an endearing and humourous evocation of the subterranean world of childhood and how this fragile world, built on betrayal and trust, can collapse.
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4.0 out of 5 stars enchanting, 31 Aug 2003
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A compelling novel. Written with such detail and lively dialogue as to allow the reader to very vividly imagine the context in which it is set. Having achieved this, the complex relationships of a child with his family and peers are brought to life. Full of intrigue and often dark humour, I this book very satisfying and would highly recommend it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The drama of being a child, 26 Aug 2003
By Mike Hayes (Southall,England) - See all my reviews
This story is painful and hilarious and I couldn't stop reading it. Its a highly original and imaginative account of a child of Irish parents growing up in South Wales in the cold war era and it describes with compassion and sensitivity the poor communication in his family and his bullying of his younger brother. Liam is torn between conflicting ideologies and loyalties. There are wonderfully comic scenes, in school assemblies where a tiny island of catholics struggle to define themselves in a sea of dissent, on the allotment where his father stockpiles food in the event of a communist takeover, on the terraces where the local football team dismally reflect local aspirations, as the plot leads on to its tragic climax.
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5.0 out of 5 stars darkly hilarious
"All this is mine" takes some of the themes from French's short story collection (childhood, alienation from parents, being an outsider) and develops them in a way that is both... Read more
Published on 31 Jul 2003 by P. S. Ball

5.0 out of 5 stars A mature, assured debut novel
As you would expect from the author of The Red Jag and Other Stories, All This is Mine is tender, witty, yet devoid of sentimentality. A real discovery. Read more
Published on 30 Jul 2003 by srtitley

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific
A terrific book, brilliantly capturing the confusion, delusion, absurdity and vulnerability of childhood. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars All This is Mine
All This is Mine by Ray French is full of satisfying detail about the realities of childhood and especially, boyhood. Read more
Published on 17 Jul 2003 by Janice Emmott

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