The Stars' Tennis Balls
For Ned, 1980 seems a blissful year. Handsome, charming, popular and talented, his life is progressing smoothly, effortlessly, happily. And when he meets the lovely Portia Fendeman his personal jigsaw appears complete. But timing is everything in life, and his life is about to change for ever.
For Ned, 1980 seems a blissful year. Handsome, charming, popular and talented, his life is progressing smoothly, effortlessly, happily. And when he meets the lovely Portia Fendeman his personal jigsaw appears complete.
But timing is everything in life, and his life is about to change for ever.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099727415 (0099727412)
Publish date: 2001-11-01
Publisher: Arrow
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Humor,
Comedy,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Crime,
Modern
Ah, how to give my opinion without sounding like I'm being paid for it? This was a terrific book, not just because it was written by Stephen Fry, but because it was well executed and exciting from cover to cover. I mean that literally; it is unusual for me to read all prefacing and afterward materia...
It took me quite a while to get into the story, but having gotten past the first part which reads like an excerpt from Moab, I could not put it down. I had - on purpose - not read any reviews for this book, and am now glad about that as most reviews only make the comparison to The Count of Monte C...
A chilling little tale about a prank on a school chum that goes very very badly. Very dirivative of Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo but handled quite well.
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