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133 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374531065
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication date: 10 December 2007
Description
The first of Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke's novels to be published in English, The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a true modern classic that "portrays the...breakdown of a murderer in ways that recall Camus's The Stranger" (The New Yor...
Community Reviews Summary of 264 reviews
Moods
reflective 60%
challenging 47%
mysterious 30%
tense 30%
funny 4%
informative 4%
Pace
medium 20%
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 86% | A mix: 9% | N/A: 4%Strong character development?
No: 63% | It's complicated: 36%Loveable characters?
No: 81% | It's complicated: 9% | N/A: 4% | Yes: 4%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 90% | N/A: 4% | Yes: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 90% | It's complicated: 9%Average rating
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Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Murder, Child deathModerate
Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis133 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374531065
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication date: 10 December 2007
Description
The first of Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke's novels to be published in English, The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a true modern classic that "portrays the...breakdown of a murderer in ways that recall Camus's The Stranger" (The New Yor...
Community Reviews Summary of 264 reviews
Moods
reflective 60%
challenging 47%
mysterious 30%
tense 30%
funny 4%
informative 4%
Pace
medium 20%
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 86% | A mix: 9% | N/A: 4%Strong character development?
No: 63% | It's complicated: 36%Loveable characters?
No: 81% | It's complicated: 9% | N/A: 4% | Yes: 4%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 90% | N/A: 4% | Yes: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 90% | It's complicated: 9%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Murder, Child deathModerate
Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis