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Jack the Lad and Bloody Mary (Paperback)

by Joseph Connolly (Author)
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  • Paperback: 584 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (19 April 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571234674
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571234677
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.4 x 4.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 633,985 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Telegraph

'Why isn't Joseph Connolly more famous? It is one of the
imponderables of modern British fiction ... an interesting companion piece
to that other recent sideways look at London during the Second World War,
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters.'

The Daily Mail

'A vivid picture of life in the Blitz ... This enormous book contains much
that is grim, bloody, almost overwhelming to read, but it proves Connolly
to be an original and masterly novelist.'
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3.0 out of 5 stars I liked it but didn't at the same time!, 22 July 2007
By M. Hughes (Glasgow) - See all my reviews
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It's quite hard to review this book because I actually think the premise of the story is sound and interesting because it takes a new take on the war and what life was like for people on the 'Home Front'. My problem with it comes from the characters and what they get up to. I could feel no sympathy for any of them because, despite the problems they had that might make you feel empathy for them, they each and every single one go and spoil it by doing something utterly repellant to someone else - but maybe that was what the author was aiming for.

This book also contains one of the most gruesome and harrowing pieces of text I've ever read. I felt physically sick!

Maybe it's a true representation of some 'ordinary' folk who are corrupted by the situation they find themselves in but I'm not sure. I actually love this author's books but did find this a bit hard to take in places...
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1.0 out of 5 stars What a letdown!!, 11 May 2007
I was looking forward to reading this book very much as it had received very good reviews. However I absolutely hated it. I disliked the style of writing and the storyline was very nasty and gruesome in places. Not for me I'm afraid.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An absorbing read, 24 Nov 2009
By Steven Thompson (Whitley Bay, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is one of the most impressive novels I have read this year. From the evocative design of the cover, which first drew my attention to the book, I was drawn into this tale of a young couple's descent into the London underworld during the Second World War.

The book's stream of consciousness style does make the book hard to get into, and the scenes are fluid so you sometimes get lost in the storytelling. But this style enables the reader to really get under the skin of the characters and feel sympathy for them.

Yes, one or two scenes are gruesome and I admit to skimming a couple of pages. It's also a bit over the top at times - would anyone actually have spoken like Nigel Wisely? He seems to come straight out of Dickens.

However, the book brilliantly recreates the feverish atmosphere of London pre-war and reminds us that not everyone showed the `Britain can take it' spirit during wartime.
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