Headgames

De: Nick Earls

Narrado por: Francis Greenslade

Frank and Philby meet at university. Frank is the king of cool and dysfunctionally libidinous. Philby is nervous, nerdy and dysfunctionally insecure. Somehow, they form a team, and go about chasing girls, passing their degrees and surviving many a green drink experience. The hilarious misadventures of Frank and Philby are just part of what lies between the covers of Headgames. There's also a difficult unicorn, a shampoo fetish, a cyber romance, a shopping mall that goes on forever, a fishing trip with Keanu Reeves and much, much more.

©1999 Nick Earls (P)2002 Bolinda Publishing

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Earls dissects character with an unflinching eye and exploits awkward and painful situations brilliantly." (The Age)

"This is a book that you will want to keep by you, to read and reread: you would be hard-hearted indeed to resist its quite extraordinary appeal." (The Sydney Morning Herald)

"Witty and sad, Earls strikes the perfect balance for a fun and thoughtful reading experience." (The Sun Herald)

"My first giggle occurred on page three ... and I didn't stop giggling, laughing or thinking during the rest of Earls' delightful new work." (The Sunday Herald Sun)

Not so keen on anthology

I liked quite a bit of this book, so 2 stars is perhaps a bit harsh. If it had been a novel about Philby & Frank, the "Crème de menthe" boys, I would have been very happy. However, the short account of their lives was interspersed with surreal digressions into various other "head games". These diversions were on the whole interesting, but I found them a bit depressing - which was not really what I signed up for.
The narration by Francis Greenslade (who is almost every Australian TV production) was excellent, and I am still prepared to give Nick Earls another go, but next time I will look for a novel.