I had really enjoyed his debut novel "Politics" - funny, intellectual & brilliant. Therefore I bought his newest book "Lurid & Cute" (amazon). What a disappointment.
There is no real plot, just a menace of random musings. The novel is told in first person, by a young man, unemployed, living with his parents and financed by his wife, named "Candy (!), on whom he cheats - a package of clichés. Thirlwell writes "This man looks like an idiot like a corrupt idiot and acts like one, but don`t let that corrupt you. He is a corrupt idiot" obviously refering to his lead character.
In the beginning I found Thirlwell´s unconnected thoughts amusing, but reading got more & more tedious. Thirlwell`s attempts to provoke and to be lurid are boring and are just lukewarm clichés. Browsing this book was a wast of time.
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