Shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award: a modern comic classic from 'A British writer to be treasured' (Independent on Sunday) The news couldn't be worse for Tam, Richie and their new supervisor: Mr McCrindle's fence has gone slack. The three of them are duly dispatched to the McCrindle farm, where they finish off the work, then go to England where, after rain-sodden days bashing in fence posts, they wolf down baked beans in their shared caravan and spend their evenings and cash in the local pub. ...
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Shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award: a modern comic classic from 'A British writer to be treasured' (Independent on Sunday) The news couldn't be worse for Tam, Richie and their new supervisor: Mr McCrindle's fence has gone slack. The three of them are duly dispatched to the McCrindle farm, where they finish off the work, then go to England where, after rain-sodden days bashing in fence posts, they wolf down baked beans in their shared caravan and spend their evenings and cash in the local pub. But then they encounter the Hall Brothers -- butchers, rival fencers and local heroes!
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I ordered for a Friend who was very pleased with the condition and the timeliness of delivery.
William B
May 10, 2012
Beer, Beer, Beer
When I heard Mills was a bus driver turned writer I was immediately interested. But then I discovered that wasn't the whole truth. Apparently Mills was also employed by a UK newspaper, jotted articles regularly, and was probably well steeped in various literary shenanigans.
But Mills-the-ex-bus-driver didn't let me down. The book was short, refreshing, and gripping. In (roughly) 40,000 words Mills tells us about working class life without boring or musing.
More writers should let their readers do the heavy lifting. I find that the longer a book is, the more the author adopts a condescending attitude and feels it necessary to explain the obvious.
WARNING: This book will make you want to drink a lot of beer.
Gregorio
Sep 12, 2007
There's Nothing Nietzsche Couldn't Teach Ya...
It's as though Saki (H.H. Munroe) wrote a restrained script for an old Monty Python episode. Very little actually happens in Magnus Mills? The Restraint of Beasts, but that?s precisely the point. Few writers have the ability to build such ominous tension with rain, mud, boots, fence posts, wire, and shovels as contrasted to village pub life in the U.K. The hapless protagonist elicits both sympathy and scorn in equal measure, in much the same way that a self-portrait is at once both a revelation and a lie. It?s an exceedingly quick read which will most likely have you on a quest for the rest of Mills oeuvre. That and a pint or two of bitter ale.
