Little Green Man

Simon Armitage

This book is about a very fashionable subject: growing up in the 1970s. Bob grew up in the 70s but found this completely soulless, it just seems to be jumping on the 70s bandwagon. Not recommended, in spite of good reviews.
Bob 25/8/02

First novel by the highly thought of poet. It's a mixture of Friends Reunited and the film Shallow Grave, the lead character gets back in touch with his four best friends from school and they embark on a series of dares and challenges with the promise of a huge reward at the end for the one who stays the course. Inevitably it all falls apart through mistrust, betrayal and them ganging up on each other. It's a brutal, nasty, rather unpleasant book but Andrew found it an easy read and he could well be tempted to read Armitage's second novel. Andrew 23/11/03

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