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angus_mckeogh's review
2.0
Hodge podge of short fiction, essays, nonfiction, pictures, and cartoons. His more recent novels are way better. This collection was okay at best.
marksmass's review
4.0
Wow! This was a really intriguing book of motifs and little vignettes. My head is reeling just thinking about it. Will give it a couple days and then post a proper review.
pehall's review
4.0
A collection of writing that defies categorisation. An eclectic chaos of ideas. Some gear humour - the Mary sequence for example. Comes with some photos that sometimes make sense and cartoons which invariable don't. Inventive stuff.
mandi_m's review
3.0
Liked some of these and not others. I enjoy Pierre's writing and he is always worth a read.
xb_bi's review
3.0
This book is a strange mix of humour and allegories about society and life. If you are one for books that make you think hard to understand what the hell is going on, this is for you. Some of the (what? Short stories? Vignettes? Anecdotes?) I understood and others I didn't, but I'm uncertain as to whether this enhanced or took away from the reading experience. I had an odd feeling that although I couldn't explain what some of the stories were trying to say, I still, deep down, understood them. The writing was oddly beautiful and, if nothing else, the humour was nice.
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