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Good Clean Fun (Paperback)

by Michael Arditti (Author)
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  • Paperback: 254 pages
  • Publisher: Maia Press Limited; New edition edition (26 April 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1904559085
  • ISBN-13: 978-1904559085
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 320,059 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'The diverse, urbane stories here are good, some of them are fun, and others are far from clean, depicting frightening excursions into dangerous territory. Whether delivering a witty one-liner, exposing the loneliness in a relationship, writing tenderly or with bleak honesty, or, terrifyingly, conjuring up secret desire manifest in brutal human form, Arditti brings to the smaller canvas all the insights, layers of meaning and breadth of vision which distinguish his longer prose'-- Shena Mackay 'These witheringly funny, painfully acute stories ... simply and elegantly break your heart'--Amanda Craig, Literary Review 'A simply outstanding collection ... Elegant, tender, full of wit and insight' City Life, Manchester 'His characters seduce us with nothing more than the ordinariness of their lives' TLS 'By turns humorous, moving and profound, Arditti has the ability to paint vivid and engaging pictures' Emmanuel Cooper, Tribune 'Assured in tone ... this moving work rings true' Richard Canning, Independent 'Arditti's darker world view will have you coming back for more' Helen Dawes, The Big Issue 'Funny, beautiful and chilling' Murrough O'Brien, Independent on Sunday

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A simply outstanding collection . . . Elegant, tender, shocking, full of wit and insight - these stories are never less than beautifully executed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars cgl@www.com writes in wonderment, 10 Aug 2004
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Michael Arditti is as a secular god incarnate - not surprising considering his previous books. This collection of short stories is akin to visiting a continental Catholic Church with its several side altars for those seeking enlightenment, solace, confirmation or understanding. His articulation of the pitfalls of homosexuality is seminal; while Good Clean Fun should be read by anyone with an enquiring mind, it will especially appeal to forty-something Gays for whom the path of true love has been, or remains, long and winding. The cliché: 'this book is un-put-down-able' was disproved; I HAD to put it down occasionally to re-read a section, or because my stirred emotions required a few seconds to settle. If, browsing your local Waterstones, you have any doubts about purchasing, just peruse pages 61 and 62 from the section: 'Bedtime Story', the high altar of the book for me. Try not to cry or let your voice warble as you then pay the cashier for your essential copy of Good Clean Fun.
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