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| Sceptre 2015 |
Quicksand is an altogether
different sort of story; it’s quirky and irreverent which had me smiling at one
point, and then shaking my head in frustration at others.
The story is about an unlikely friendship
between two very different individuals. Liam struggles with just about
everything in his life, he wants to write the next literary masterpiece and yet,
his work as a failing police officer and his friendship with the hapless
criminal, Aldo does absolutely nothing to help him realise this dream. A dream
which Liam also imagines will bring him back the love of his life, his ex-wife
Stella. What then follows is a series of hapless incidences which involve both
By the time I came to the end of
the story, I’m not sure that taken as a whole the concept worked for
me. True, there were some interesting observations about the whims and fancies of an altogether cluttered life but I’m afraid for me it sort of lost direction half way through
and became rather too unbelievable in places.
My feeling is that this will be something
of a love it or hate it sort of book and overall, Quicksand, may not be what
readers are expecting.
Best Read With ...thick sliced, white toast heavily spread with marmite and a cup of instant black coffee..
Amazon UK Quicksand is now published in Paperback
My thanks to the author and Ruby Mitchell at Hodder & Stoughton for my copy of this book
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