Going Gently
David Nobbs
This is about a woman approaching her 100th birthday who has had
a debilitating stroke and can only hear and squeeze someone's
hand. It goes over the story of her life (married 5 times, 3
times to the same person) and has a mostly male cast.
Andrew thought it was quite good, in a comedy style but shows
that the author is a TV writer. He ascribes actions/roles to each
character, who then goes through a set sequence when you meet
them in any part of the book. It never got away from being a
comedy book but didn't make him laugh much.
Andrew 23/2/03
The frames have
gone all funny - click to make it good.