Growth: a novel
By Troy S. Gamble
Family, house, job - everything went to the dogs when a student girlfriend convinced Peter Copeland, an ageing insurance case reviewer, that he, in his very late forties, still had a chance to become someone else, namely a great poet.
Three years later Peter is alone, penniless, paralysed with anguish and apathy and bombarded with unpaid bills and eviction notes. Against all odds he continues with his pursuits and very soon, to his complete surprise, finds himself on the other side of his life among people bizarre, dazzling and dangerous, in the middle of a huge financial turmoil which threatens the very foundations of the modern economy.
This book is cross-genre literary fiction addressing various aspects of growth: personal growth which, sometimes, makes people strangers to themselves, economic growth which threatens to turn our world into an illusion, and the struggles of growing together or apart. It is a story of personal fall and rise, full of peculiar, captivating characters and ultimately a tale of personal survival and search of reality in the world abound with illusions and fake.
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***MY HONEST REVIEW OF Growth***
Peter is on a
downward spiral. After being married many years, and with two kids, he meets
Liz, who is barely half his age. Liz convinces him to leave it all behind, live
with her and become a poet. Three years later, he’s still no poet, Liz leaves,
and Peter hits rock bottom. But as fate intervenes, Peter’s life is about to
change.
This was a hard
plot to follow. The author’s writing style was unique in that at times, you
didn’t know which characters were grouped and talking until later in the
conversation, like the chapter where the characters’ conversations were
heralded by their Halloween masks, and not their names. This was very
confusing. It took a while to finally get the gist of the storyline, and be
able to follow it to conclusion. I was repulsed by some parts, and intrigued by
others. This is one of those stories that leaves you wondering, “what did I
just read?”
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**The above
opinions are 100% my own, whether I purchased the book or it was given to me to
review.
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