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The Making of Mr Bolsover by Cornelius Medvei (view source)
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But to keep with the theme of what is in this book, there is a little too much of one thing – self-awareness, and internal meta-styled discussion. Even with Lynch being a Wildman of the Weald he keeps an astute, political mind, and can pronounce about Lord Salisbury with the best, there too is a little too much of this book comparing itself to past political biographies. Similarly, it likes too to point up the potential unreliability of Cooper as a source – even though this reads very current it dresses itself up as a looking-back-over-a-distance that must be from some time in the future.
But this short title has many merits. For one, those in and around Lewes will just ''have'' to lap it up, in the same way , that, say, Yorkshiremen and –women fought for [[Burley Cross Postbox Theft by Nicola Barker]], if only to see just what happens on the streets and fields [[:Category:Cornelius Medvei|Medvei]] mentions. For me, the prime appeal – and definitely the intent – was to provide a fine look at a distinctive British whimsy, which deliberately or not pitches the book into a small but delightfully formed genre, that of those picking apart our societies' absurdities and peccadilloes through an extreme rural take on it. That's not to say you feel the grubbiness of Lynch's dens on every page; instead , this is a bright, warm and varied read that could have been even tighter, but still packs in the unusual and unexpected.
I must thank the publishers for my review copy.
For me, that aforementioned genre is typified by [[Doppler by Erlend Loe]]. We think you'll also enjoy [[Caroline: A Mystery by Cornelius Medvei]].
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