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Shooting Butterflies (Hardcover)

by Marika Cobbold (Author)

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Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (3 Feb 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0747558647
ISBN-13: 978-0747558644
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 3.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Shooting butterflies, 22 Feb 2004

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Cobbold is an extraordinary writer. There were moments in this book when I felt as if she knew my thoughts. She's not only exceptionally perceptive about women, she understands men, and loves them with all their imperfections. Sharp intelligence, wit, compassion and a marvellous storyteller; a real treat. I can't wait for her next book

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5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific new novel from a writer well worth waiting for., 16 Feb 2003

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Marika Cobbold's brilliantly witty and blackly comic writing manages both to point fun at the absurdities of life and, at the same time, to celebrate them. Shooting Butterflies is sad and clever, funny and fresh.

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2.0 out of 5 stars What a great title!, 16 May 2007

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What a great title! Regrettably, the novel disappoints. Our book club felt the author produced a confused structure around the admirable character portrayals of Grace and Louisa. More stringent editing would have avoided the introduction of a host of characters who lacked any purpose, eliminated the section on childhood disfigurement which lacked any influence,and curtailed the constant repetition of character names in dialogue which lacked any substance. The concept of the entwined relationships was well conceived but, sadly, missed the mark.

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