Apples
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Apples , an unassuming debut novel plucked from the imagination of a remarkable new twenty-one-year-old talent, and published to rave reviews in London, is a surprising, affecting, ingeniously crafted little coming-of age novel that has critics calling Richard Milward the voice of the MySpace generation. As a distraction from sleazy male admirers, spiteful classmates, and her mother's progressing cancer, Eve's adolescent eyes are opened to a multicolored life of fumbling one-night stands, drug-fuelled clubs, endless varieties of candy-flavored cheap booze, and banal consumerist choices. She barely has time to notice Adam. Adam, however, notices Eve. While contending with sexual frustration, an asshole father, and increasingly compulsive behavior, is Adam too busy furtively reading porn in his bedroom to make his move on Eve? A paean to the scattershot difficulties of growing up, the complications of friendship, and the consequences of hormones in overdrive, Apples is a deliciously pitch-perfect debut.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1847671780
ISBN13:9781847671783
Release Date:June 2008
Publisher:Canongate Us
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.0" x 7.0"
Related Subjects
Coming of Age Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Literature & Fiction RomanceCustomer Reviews
2 ratings
a dirty, seedy, drug-fueled romp
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This is a great read - reminded me a little of my youth - but with much more sex and violence. Very gritty. Mother's if you want to know what your child is up to at night - read this and be very afraid.
A unique and Smart Book, Quite Original
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This novel written by a twenty something British author, Richard Milward, is not only entertaining, it is revalatory in its nature. It is an important book for this new, Empty Generation. Adam is an obsessive compulsive and Eve is a drunk and wild play girl--I will not point to the brilliant allusion of naming a book Apples and the main characters Adam and Eve. Mixed into this story of two lives destine to be intertwined with each other, are the small stories of life by friends and random people, to give the full scope of the party scene. This book invokes an entire Bourough, alive and vibrant and a bit dismal, this book is certain to be a cult hit, and a wonderful start to Richard Milward's career as a writer.
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