Taras clutched her hand and planted kisses all over it. 'Katya, I'll do anything. Anything at all, if you'll just give me another chance.' But can the hapless Taras win Katya's stubborn Russian heart as their love story plays out against the best and worst London can offer? And exactly what is going on between Mami, Taras's wildly eccentric Balkan mother, and the dapper Mr Banerjee? Meanwhile, over at the offices of the atrociously named IBS, the Yanks are threatening to take over; and soon Taras discovers he might just be the only one who actually gives a damn. All in all, it's a lot to ask of a lovable accident-prone klutz, who'd really much prefer to daydream about the gorgeous but resistant Katya ...
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Penny Rudge is doing a three year PhD in Creative Writing with Andrew Motion at Royal Holloway. She is married and has a young family.
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The novel is basically a modern take on the Spanish picaresque novel. The main character Taras is a clumsy twenty-something who can't put a foot right. The plot is carried by the fact that he discovers something dodgy about his family's past and their involvement with the landlord who evicts them at the beginning of the novel, and although humour is the order of the day, this also turns out to be quite a page-turner because of the mystery - the denouement comes totally out of the blue and Rudge managed to keep me guessing and smiling to the very end. Along the way Taras comes against various obstacles, including a hilarious US takeover of the IT firm where he works, and a number of heartbreaks involving his dodgy Russian girlfriend. Taras's mother towers among the other characters and begs to be turned into a TV character. A thoroughly enjoyable read and a pretty impressive debut...
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