But even if Atkinson's novel is "disposable" entertainment, readers will be glad to have the delightfully surly detective back in action. The novel's crackling one-liners, perceptive character studies, and amusing twists all help—but One Good Turn is mainly for ardent fans of Detective Brodie/5(K). Preview — One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson. One Good Turn Quotes Showing of “They said love made you strong, but in Louise's opinion it made you weak. It corkscrewed into your heart and you couldn't get it out again, not without ripping your heart to pieces.”. ― Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn. tags: love, weakness. " Atkinson is frequently very funny - the extracts from Martin's Nina Blake novels, in particular, are a sustained comic highlight- but while the tone stays light, the plot continues to darken [One Good Turn is] that rarest of things- a good literary novel and a cracking holiday read." - "Observer" (UK) Praise for "Case Histories":Cited by: 1.
" Atkinson is frequently very funny - the extracts from Martin's Nina Blake novels, in particular, are a sustained comic highlight- but while the tone stays light, the plot continues to darken [One Good Turn is] that rarest of things- a good literary novel and a cracking holiday read." - "Observer" (UK) Praise for "Case Histories". One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson An ensemble storyIn a plot built on coincidence, Kate Atkinson's characters collide in a road-rage incident. ROBERT CREMINS. Oct. 22, Facebook Twitter Email. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson pp, Doubleday, £ Once best known for her Whitbread award-winning first novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Kate Atkinson followed up three playful.
One Good Turn. by Kate Atkinson. Publication Date: Septem. Genres: Fiction, Thriller. Paperback: pages. Publisher: Back Bay Books. ISBN ISBN ONE GOOD TURN by Kate Atkinson begins with a road rage incident involving one crazy guy beating a man with a baseball bat and another man, a wimpy writer of popular crime novels, knocking the crazy guy down with his laptop computer. " Atkinson is frequently very funny - the extracts from Martin's Nina Blake novels, in particular, are a sustained comic highlight- but while the tone stays light, the plot continues to darken [One Good Turn is] that rarest of things- a good literary novel and a cracking holiday read." - "Observer" (UK) Praise for "Case Histories".
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