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Gruesome and delightful: Little Hands Clapping by Dan Rhodes
Little Hands Clapping is a story of love returned and love rejected, of loneliness and despair and moths drawn to the flame. It's a story about a doctor, a model, a baker and a caretaker. It's a story about Pavarotti and accents. But most of all it's a story about something very hinky going on in a museum.
The museum is dedicated to the hopeless and despairing, to failures, and to death. Rooms are called “Unfortunate Survivors”, “Popular Methods”, “Count Your Blessings” and the like. The idea is to try to prevent people from committing suicide – museum visitors will see the exhibits and realise that living is worthwhile. Unfortunately, for some the museum serves the opposite purpose. And it’s after these despairing ones have despatched themselves that the really disturbing stuff takes place...
Rhodes’ writing style is simple, almost like you’d read in a young adult book, which initially seems a negative. However, on meeting the characters of the book the simplicity really works. All of the major actors in this novel are caricatures of real life, stereotypes of the characters you’d meet on stage, screen and in print. But through them there’s ...
Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett
Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett
Published by Orbit, Jan 15, 2010
MR. SHIVERS is the debut novel from Robert Jackson Bennett. The novel is set during the Dust Bowl, mid 1930’s, in the central United States. The setting and the magical realism style creates an immediate and unique feel for the story that I found to be intriguing and submersive. The story revolves around an itinerant man named Mr. Connelly, who we first meet riding the rails following after something. The plot of the novel is a quest seeking revenge for the murder of Mr. Connelly’s daughter ...
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Director: Madonna’s Ex (aka Guy Ritchie)
Cast: Robert Downie Jr
Jude Law
Rachel McAdams (Quite Hot)
Mark Strong
Plot: Ummm…it’s Sherlock Holmes, work it out.
Review: Okay, before we begin I thought I should provide some background information on my thoughts going into this movie. Firstly, when I first saw the trailer I groaned, thought “what are they doing” and was thoroughly unimpressed. Secondly, I was an avid reader of Sherlock Holmes ...