Empire state
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It's bad enough having a name like Nathan Jones - unless you're a Supremes fan, which Nathan isn't - but when his girlfriend leaves him (for a drag artist) and he gets mugged, then handcuffed to a bed... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0002254174
ISBN13:9780002254175
Release Date:January 1997
Publisher:HarperCollins
Length:511 Pages
Weight:1.73 lbs.
Dimensions:6.3" x 1.5" x 9.4"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Outrageously funny and witty
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This was my first contact with Colin Bateman whose work, I believe, hasn't been published in the US (making it really hard to get any of his books in either North or South America, even as imports).When I was reading this novel, I could actually imagine it as a feature film (or better yet, mini-series, since it's quite long). The characters are very much alive, for better or for worse (that George is too much sometimes!), and though the story is quite contrived (especially in the last 150 pages), it flows and works perfectly.If you like it, try Divorcing Jack as well (but avoid the movie, it's awful).
A Great Find
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Wonderfully funny, with snappy dialogue and a series of unbelievable coincedences. Things just keep getting worse and worse for protaganist Nathan Jones, so well described and developed that he reminds me of someone I know. Other characters are well developed, and the president is dead-on. Only complaint is the Northern Irishisms in the dialogue between the president, his chief of staff, and other Americans. It's quite disconcerting to have an FBI man complain about "a spanner in the works.''
Best Ever Bateman!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is by far Colin Batemans greatest achievement. The epic scale of the Empire State Building is matched word for word by Batemans snappy dialouge, wickedly sharp characters and wonderful twists. It reads like a Hollywood blockbuster in the making. Without taking away the glory of 'Divorcing Jack' or 'Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men' I would say this is the Bateman to recommend to anyone. Without a doubt the book of the 90's.
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