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Mr.Clive and Mr.Page (Five Star)

By: Neil Bartlett
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
ISBN: 1852425873
ISBN-13: 9781852425876
Released: 04 Jun 1998
RRP: £5.99
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Great idea but some really boring moments. - By: Philip Thompson, 06 May 2008
This book started out vrey interesting & enjoyable with the basis of the story being historical documents that briefly mention these people & the house which is a central character & then fictionallly inventing lives for them. However, there were whole pages of word for word repetition which I found added nothing to the book & details that were unimportant. In my opinion this would of been a brilliant short story rather than a rather streched short novel. I would of given this book a one star as some of it was incredibly boring but the idea was great & it worked well in places.
Missed opportunities yet strangely full of hope - By: R. Wooldridge, 12 May 2002
The two men in the title meet by chance (or possibly design by one of them) & start a strange sex-less affair/friendship. The whole thing is fraught with difficulties as one is the scion of a rich & famous family the other a Selfridge's shop assistant. One lives in splendour the other in a cheap rooming house. The story is evocative of the time pre-1967 when we had to hide our sexuality. This is a sad tale of opportunities that are missed, & words left unspoken, as the two men develop an unusual relationship that approaches closeness which is always inhibited by the social, & financial, chasm between them (and a footman from eastern Europe). Mr Page reminises about his life & the 'affair' over one Christmas Holiday in his lonely room many years later. However, the end provides alll of us with hope that good things can still happen & new friends open-up new opportunities. Sad as it was to read I enjoyed this book & was left full of hope.