Skating on the Edge (Oeb) [Import] [Hardcover]

D. G. K. Goldberg (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Oxmoor House (March 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0759521549
• ISBN-13: 978-0759521544
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Escape, February 14, 2002

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"lindaavey2" (Northern VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skating on the Edge (Paperback)

If you're looking for a great escape--and who isn't?--escape into D. G. K. Goldberg's Skating on the Edge. Goldberg whisks you away to a fantasy land, where the real world is something to avoid at all costs, and deftly satirizes our culture with her subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle deliciously dark wit. Can cynicism and romance reside in the same place? They can in this book. I found this to be a delightful read, and as I said, a great escape. So get a copy of this book and go along for the ride. You won't miss the real world a bit.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Waiting for the sequel!, June 22, 2001

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"flymicky" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skating on the Edge (Paperback)

This book is an absolute howl, as well as a treasure trove of wisecracks and sarcasm that I plan to steal for use in real life from time to time. It's a bit like "The Wizard of Oz" gone berserk, complete with a menagerie of hapless Truth Seekers who keep getting sidetracked (I am mortified to admit that I developed a crush on the Viking who insists on addressing Joan of Arc as "Dude"). Anyone who likes to play with the English language will get a kick out of "Skating" and its weird little narrator, who turns out in the end to be a rank sentimentalist of the most endearing kind.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You have to read it., June 13, 2001

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Trouble (Edge City, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skating on the Edge (Paperback)

When I first started reading the book I thought to myself, I can't read this. But then I read a little more and finally I was hooked. The first thing I noticed about this book is the author's style of writing and her unusual use of what I at first thought "unnecessary words". Next thing I knew I was thinking like the author was writing. This is the first book I ever read that influenced my thinking in the real world. Being serious now (another of my personalities) this is a very good book, I would have to put it in my top 5 list of books I have read. I liked it so much when I got to the last few chapters I started reading fewer pages at a time so I could make the book last longer.