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The Last Days Of The National Costume (2013)

by Anne Kennedy(Favorite Author)

3.15 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1743313861 (ISBN13: 9781743313862)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Allen & Unwin

review 1: I loved this book! It's witty and wry and I enjoyed the literary and philosophical references - so Pomo (a term a learned from this book). It also included wonderfully grim descriptions of the "troubles" in Ireland and you can almost feel about the atmosphere created by Anne about the Auckland blackouts. I also really enjoyed the academic narrator earning a living as a seamstress and having her customers divulge their secrets to her. Very clever.
review 2: I really wanted to like this book. The concept of a seamstress being able to see the real story behind a ripped pair of pants or torn jacket from her clients can go so many interesting ways. But the book was written terribly and was boring most of the way through. I skipped to the end to see if the final chap... moreters redeemed themselves, but they unfortunately fell flat. So much potential that was never fully realized. less

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