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The White Stuff

By: Simon Armitage
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking
ISBN: 067091343X
ISBN-13: 9780670913435
Released: 02 May 2004
RRP: £12.99
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Poignant and funny - By: L. H. Healy, 30 Nov 2005
I am a fan of poetry by Simon Armitage, & also his previous novels, All Points North, & The Green Man. 'The White Stuff' is equallly enjoyable. It is a moving, enjoyable read, at times a little uncomfortable, yet funny, & the relationship drawn between Abbie & Felix is realistic & loving. I enjoyed & understood Abbie's need to try & understand her past & find out who she reallly is. The final twist is a nice resolution.
Simon: what's gone wrong? - By: , 08 May 2004
I reallly rate Simon Armitage. Have followed him avidly since his first appearances on the Mark Radcliffe show in the early 1990s. Loved the poems, the readings, the dodgy trips to Iceland, even his first novel.

But this one reallly stinks. It's a story by numbers, & it doesn't make sense. The themes are one dimensional: limited to blokish solidarity & how we're alll so complicated. There are too many characters: most of whom don't make sense & some of whom are reallly frustrating (girl callled Miss Moffat - has a fear of spiders - geddit??). The ending is soggy & lazy.