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Bullet Points (Hardcover)

by Mark Watson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 273 pages
  • Publisher: Chatto & Windus (5 Feb 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0701176091
  • ISBN-13: 978-0701176099
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 440,925 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Fresh and imaginative, with wonderful flashes of humour."
--"Independent"

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

Independent's '2004 Talent Special', Boyd Tonkin
Watson's command of the warped modern jargons of both celebrity and therapy give his book a rancidly comic flavour...

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5.0 out of 5 stars A total surprise, 10 Feb 2004
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I bought this book because I had seen Mark Watson do stand-up comedy and was expecting more of the same sort of thing. Although the novel is very funny in parts, it's not at all the sort of thing you would expect a comedian to write. It's a dark, pretty tragic tale, and Watson does a very good job of capturing the thoughts of a middle-aged, disillusioned man. A really good tragicomedy.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Enjoyable, 9 Sep 2005
By Sweary "Sweary" (Cork, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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How refreshing! A genuinely multi-talented author! Comic commitments or not, I certainly hope to read more from Watson.
Bullet Points is very well written, surprising in the solemnity of the tone, and the humour is sparse. Don't believe the outside blurb; in no way could you call this a comedy novel, even one darkly humoured. This does not detract from the story, however. Our narrator remains a sincere, engaging character; his honesty (although we learn later he may not be as honest with himself as he thought) is a very likeable trait, and even when he behaves badly we cannot lose sympathy for him.
For a debut, this is alarmingly confident, restrained, well plotted. It reminds me of Tobias Wolff's work... no small praise indeed! If there is only one gripe I have, it's that the epilogue, although gripping (like a horrible car accident), is something I didn't see coming. At all. The final revelations should, perhaps, have been backed up by small clues in the re-reading of the novel, but there aren't any. Not to worry. It's still a powerful ending, and this novel is powerful stuff. Sombre, often horrifying, with a heavy tone, I highly recommend Bullet Points, but not as light reading as one might expect from an energetic young comic such as Watson.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Promising Writer, 8 Feb 2004
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For once I think the hype given to a 'next big thing' author might be justified. This is a really unusual, clever book with a brilliantly constructed plot and a load of highly original ideas - the chapter about the songwriter is superb in particular. It's not perfect, but the 23-year-old writer is obviously a real name for the future. Highly recommended.
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