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I read the House of Sleep, which I enjoyed, However, I'm not sure that I would make any great claims based on that for him as an innovator of form. In fact, the general "feel" of the book reminded me of a Tom Sharpe novel. Better written, but with the same obsessive focus on the minutiae of England, and the same selection of really very easy targets for broad-brush spoofing. The "postmodern" psychiatrist, the wacky management consultants, the suffering dignity of the old-style doctor - these all seemed like fairly unchallenging targets, and the characterisation always seemed to lack a dimension.
Good fun, though, and engagingly written. |
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