Book People by Paige Nick is in a class of its own: very clever and very funny; well, very funny if you’re a reader and have never had to cope with a mean, nasty review. What writer wouldn’t want to hit back at such a thing! What would I have done if a stranger had ever smacked one of my children? The problem here is the writer and the reviewer are both unhinged to start off with.
Norma runs an online book review club. She has left her job as an accountant and, at 42 years of age, taken up an internship with a publishing company. Unfortunately for Norma, she lives with Steve, a lazy, layabout wannabe author who spends his days on the couch wearing big headphones, mucking about on his laptop and hacking Norma’s credit card.
Harry is a ferociously self-promoting author, the victim of the aforementioned mean, nasty review. He is married to Victoria, a surgeon whose tolerance for his obsessive nature is wearing thin.
This a terrific read. Unlike Harry’s nemesis I don’t comment at all on books I haven’t liked but I liked this one. A lot! I’m going to look for more of Paige Nick's books now; what a find this one has been. Thank you, Tony!
Published by Pan Macmillan South Africa
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