Apples [Paperback]

Richard Milward (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 19, 2007

As a distraction from sleazy male admirers, spiteful classmates and her mother's cancer, Eve's eyes are opened to a multicolour life of one-night stands, drug-fuelled discos and endless varieties of cheap plonk. She barely has time to notice Adam. Adam, however, notices Eve. Whilst contending with sexual frustration, a violent father and increasingly compulsive behaviour, is he too busy reading Razzle in his bedroom to make his move? Narrated alternately by Adam and Eve, alongside a cast of teenage delinquents, perverts and butterflies, "Apples" is an exploration of the difficulties of growing up, the complications of friendship, and the consequences of getting 'fucked as quick as you can'.

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"'An astonishing debut... It is Catcher in the Rye meets the Arctic Monkeys.' Times Magazine" --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Richard Milward is 21 and is currently studying at Central St Martins College of Art and Design. Apples is his first published novel. He was born in Middlesbrough.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Faber & Faber (April 19, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571232825
• ISBN-13: 978-0571232826
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,465,143 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A unique and Smart Book, Quite Original, May 4, 2008

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C. Oliver (Worcester, MASSACHUSETTS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apples (Paperback)

This novel written by a twenty something British author, Richard Milward, is not only entertaining, it is revalatory in its nature. It is an important book for this new, Empty Generation. Adam is an obsessive compulsive and Eve is a drunk and wild play girl--I will not point to the brilliant allusion of naming a book Apples and the main characters Adam and Eve. Mixed into this story of two lives destine to be intertwined with each other, are the small stories of life by friends and random people, to give the full scope of the party scene. This book invokes an entire Bourough, alive and vibrant and a bit dismal, this book is certain to be a cult hit, and a wonderful start to Richard Milward's career as a writer.

1.0 out of 5 stars Apples, June 3, 2010

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Jessica Confessore "The Book Hoarder" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apples: A Novel (Paperback)

Richard Milward is obviously a fan of Bret Easton Ellis. This reads like an unpolished version of Rules of Attraction. It also really reminds me of the british show, Misfits. So, if you take Kelly and Simon from Misfits and you throw them into a Bret Easton Ellis outline then you will have this book. I wish it was an episode of Misfits or a Bret Easton Ellis novel. If it was, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have gotten bored and chucked it.

4.0 out of 5 stars a dirty, seedy, drug-fueled romp, May 19, 2009

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MarkSamson (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apples: A Novel (Paperback)

This is a great read - reminded me a little of my youth - but with much more sex and violence. Very gritty. Mother's if you want to know what your child is up to at night - read this and be very afraid.