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Fiction

GoneOffShore

(17,882 posts) Fri Jan 25, 2013, 12:15 AM Jan 2013

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"How to Cook a Tart" by Nina Kilham The whole book could win a Bulwer-Lytton prize

Really some of the most purple prose I've encountered in 40 years.

And incredibly derivative - Think "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, Her Lover" but with an almost, but not quite, comedic twist.

Just awful. Couldn't put it down, couldn't read it without skimming.

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"How to Cook a Tart" by Nina Kilham The whole book could win a Bulwer-Lytton prize (Original Post) GoneOffShore Jan 2013 OP

I'm lots more likely now to dump a book on any page where I get bored. dimbear Jan 2013 #1

We got this one as a present. GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #2

You made me hop on over to Amazon to look it up mainer Jan 2013 #3

dimbear

(6,271 posts)

1. I'm lots more likely now to dump a book on any page where I get bored.

Reply to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 03:58 AM

Jan 2013

Don't have to pitch it in the trash, just a click and it's gone. I know very well there are more books than I can ever read.....

GoneOffShore

(17,882 posts)

2. We got this one as a present.

Reply to dimbear (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 10:28 AM

Jan 2013

And I skimmed.

It was awful.

On the other hand - Wolf Hall is amazing.

mainer

(12,399 posts)

3. You made me hop on over to Amazon to look it up

Reply to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 10:43 AM

Jan 2013

Reviewers also mentioned the purple prose. But it looks like a fun sort of romp.

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