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Abacus/ Sphere Books (1986), Edition: First Edition, Paperback, 192 pages
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Patrick Gale's first novel is suffused with heady wish-fulfilment as two contrasting love stories entwine in the space of one simmering summer week. WPC Mo Faithe is overcome with lust while investigating a series of violent attacks on newspaper astrologers. Meanwhile in Cornwall, the Peakes are conducting their annual music festival, the cue for their two 'children' - Seth, a young violin prodigy, and Venetia, a highly-strung scholar - to embark upon a voyage of self-discovery. As Seth sets out in hot pursuit of unconventional romance on the cliff-tops, the virginal Venetia displays every symptom of an immaculate conception.
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Patrick Gale tells two stories in side by side and which meet briefly towards the conclusion. Mo, a WPC getting over the loss of the her lover Maggie, finds herself engaged in investigating a series of burglaries on newspaper astrologers. Seth, fifteen years old, a violin prodigy, and older his
Mo is good at her job, but suffers for being a woman (and a dyke) in an ostensibly male domain, but she may be successful in more than just the case she is working on.
Seth is a modest and unaffected young man, and while he has indulged in the occasional liaison with other boys at his private school, he has not found love. That is until he meets Roly while in Cornwall. Roly, in his early twenties, a sculptor, is handsome and dashing, and in the eyes of most rather arrogant, but Seth finds something else under the outer display, that is if he can pluck up the courage to make his interest clear.
Venetia displays what could be signs of pregnancy, although claims that cannot be possible. She is looking forward to meeting the writer she admires, a meeting that goes rather better than expected.
With a support of several other strong characters, The Aerodynamics of Pork provides a very entertaining read, often very funny, at times touching; this the first of Patrick Gale's novels shows much of the promise to come.
(my second reading of the book, first in 2006)
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sister Venetia are about to set off for the annual family holiday and festival in Cornwall. It will be a summer of discovery for the two siblings as well as for Mo.Mo is good at her job, but suffers for being a woman (and a dyke) in an ostensibly male domain, but she may be successful in more than just the case she is working on.
Seth is a modest and unaffected young man, and while he has indulged in the occasional liaison with other boys at his private school, he has not found love. That is until he meets Roly while in Cornwall. Roly, in his early twenties, a sculptor, is handsome and dashing, and in the eyes of most rather arrogant, but Seth finds something else under the outer display, that is if he can pluck up the courage to make his interest clear.
Venetia displays what could be signs of pregnancy, although claims that cannot be possible. She is looking forward to meeting the writer she admires, a meeting that goes rather better than expected.
With a support of several other strong characters, The Aerodynamics of Pork provides a very entertaining read, often very funny, at times touching; this the first of Patrick Gale's novels shows much of the promise to come.
(my second reading of the book, first in 2006)
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192 p.; 6.85 inches
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0349113998 / 9780349113999
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OCLC = 233
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