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BEDLAM BURNING [Hardcover]

Geoff Nicholson (Author)
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  • Hardcover
  • Publisher: Overlook Press; First Edition. 1 in number line edition (2001)
  • ASIN: B00151ZC74
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,984,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Witty and Clever, August 8, 2002
This review is from: Bedlam Burning (Hardcover)
Geoff Nicholson's Bedlam Burning is a cleverly-told story about, Michael Smith, an attractive 23 year-old British man, who allows a less-better looking acquaintance of his from University (they met at a book burning party), Gregory Collins, use his photo on the book jacket of Gregory's first novel. Michael, masquerading as Gregory at a book reading, is offered a position in a psychiatric clinic as a writer-in-residence, part of the therapy for those being treated there. Bedlam Burning is also a witty examination of what it is to read, what it is to write, who, and how much, we can believe. Michael almost immediately begins getting submissions from everyone at the clinic. As he ruminates on these submissions, you may wonder, who is really writing these? Can you believe it at all? Gregory keeps coming back into Michael's life, complicating things, but allowing Nicholson to give us more ruminations on the nature of writing, authorship and reading. The novel is engaging, humorous and witty. The characters are just that--characters. The story moves along fairly quickly and it works. An enjoyable read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, funny, clever, August 25, 2003
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This is a very, very funny book. The other reviews were pretty accurate, the one thing I will add is there is quite a bit of British humor...non-Brits might not get all the jokes! But don't let this put you off, the book is very amusing and has a couple of clever plot twists too.
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I first met Gregory Collins at a book-burning party given by my Director of Studies in his college rooms in Cambridge in 1974. Read the first page
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football kit, horrible room, literary evening, slush pile
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Gregory Collins, Kincaid Clinic, Ruth Harris, Kincaidian Therapy, Charles Manning, The Wax Man, Bob Burns, Communication Room, Alicia Crowe, Michael Smith, Mike Smith, Jackson Pollock, Julian Somerville, Andy Warhol, Che Guevara T-shirt, David Bergstrom, Max Brod, Truman Capote, White Horse
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