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But when her awful boss hires talented reporter Ryan to be the new Features Editor, Harper is furious. Because the two have met before: a decade ago, they were interns at the same publication, where they fell into a whirlwind romance…until Ryan betrayed Harper, and they never spoke again. BUT, if you didn’t know the story of her namesake, you will learn all about the real Laika, a gorgeous stray mongrel whose survival was NEVER expected when Russia launched her into Space to her death in Sputnik 2. I want to comment that I dislike animal cruelty/abuse. In the books, I read. I'd also like to mention that Liaka is fine. In the brief scene with Liaka, Adam Taylor isn't gratuitous; in his writing. Nonetheless, it was uncomfortable reading it.
The book is very cleverly written as the real drama unfolds and we read the story the author is playing out - Emma knows what will happen because she is living it. Just grabbing the best coffee in London before I head to the office,” I say, gesturing to The Lark. “I don’t know what beans they’re using, but this stuff is gold.” With the knowledge of only three hours’ sleep ahead of me, I will him to shut the hell up. Rudely ignoring me (due to his state of unconsciousness), he continues his nasal symphony until I’m forced to tap him on the arm. Audrey Abbot. I was obsessed with her as a teenager. She was so elegant and brilliant in everything she did. A classically trained British actor with a dignified air, she was a master of restraint and had the ability to make you feel whatever her character was experiencing with barely any movement in her face. Like I said, you didn’t hear this from me,” she repeats in a low voice, “but Audrey Abbot has accepted the lead role in a new play. Rehearsals are about to start.”Kureishi was born in London to a Pakistani father and an English mother. His father, Rafiushan, was from a wealthy Madras family, most of whose members moved to Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947. He came to Britain to study law but soon abandoned his studies. After meeting and marrying Kureishi’s mother Audrey, Rafiushan settled in Bromley, where Kureishi was born, and worked at the Pakistan Embassy. I’m not sure how much sleep I get, but when my first alarm goes off, it feels like maybe I’ve shut my eyes for thirty seconds. As Emma is living the nightmare of the killer one inch away from her, she hears poor Laika, her dog, whining upstairs in pain from the poison the killer fed her.
After having read this, I don’t think I’ll ever leave a one star review again. Lol! What a wild ride this book turned out to be! The Last Word is a terrific game of cat and mouse —except the cat underestimates this clever mouse. Thanks to the author, William Morrow and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
The Last Word
Reading his book, I recalled a nice example where evolutionary programming fails unless a certain species can reason. But after reading the second part of the book, I was already standing on the ground, with a tingling sensation on my fingers and shoulders,shaking knees and sweaty palms. Both men are extremely unlikable characters, whose behaviour has had lifelong repercussions for their families and friends. It is testament to Kureishi’s craft that he allows the reader to empathise with these total shitheels. She also chooses to aggravate the author when she knows he can be dangerous and makes the situation even worse. The tension in THE LAST WORD is so palpable, you will be jumping at any sound in your surroundings as you are reading.
Oh my. Really didn't like this. I've read and liked most of Kureishi's novels (loved The Buddha of Surburbia) but this was awful. The elderly Indian writer and the younger guy assigned to write a biography of him are both just complete shits. Not in a funny way, just rather whiny or pathetic or even worse, just dull. Also there is a whole bad smell of misogyny over the whole book. The female characters mostly wives, current and previous, of the elderly writer are depicted as needy or shrill or bad at oral sex, not pleasing Mamoon enough etc. The young biographer has a one dimensional girlfriend who the elderly writer lusts after. Reading this in January 2018 in peak #metoo era was just too much. Its all male entitlement, dominance, sexual harassment dressed up as humor. But the writing was not good enough for this to be funny or a sharp satire. It was really two crappy men, messing about. 'You are a succulent woman, juicy as a dolphin' vomit. I found this book very irritating. I suspect there is something I'm not getting; there are endorsements on the cover from several prominent writers, who describe the book in a way that makes it sound as if they have been reading a different book to me. Some of them comment on how funny it is. I have to say that if it were not for these comments, I wouldn't have realised that it was *supposed* to be particularly funny. The subjects of race, class, immigration and gender always make a welcome appearance in Kureishi’s books and I like how he manages to be harsh and sensitive at the same time. Not diluting his observations with political correctness helps.Audrey Abbot is a good person,” Nicole says firmly. “She didn’t deserve how the press portrayed her after … The Incident.” I definitely recommend this one, especially if you've ever written a 1-star review (or really wanted to).
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