Re: Great Men of Our Time



Hypertension wrote:

Go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandon%2C_County_Cork

and scroll down a bit to "people", last entry.

Looks like it's all true after all!

Reverse Negative: A Novel of Suspense (Hardcover)
by Andre Jute (Author)
12 used & new available from $0.25

Customer Reviews

A fine example of boring, May 2, 2006
Hackneyed and overblown, and lacking any characters of interest, originality or
wit. Has chapter titles like "Synthesis 9: Lausanne". A reader who doesn't grin
at that may enjoy this book, otherwise not.
I only read it because Jute wrote a not-very-good book about how to write, and
mentioned this book of his as an example. I wanted to see his qualifications,
and they are weak, except as an encouraging example that you need not be a good
writer to get published.


Impressive knowledge of grammar, November 24, 2003
The author is very competent in his use of grammar and has a good grasp of the
English language. If only he had a proper understanding of the art of telling a
story, this book might have had a chance of sustaining the reader's attention.
This pedestrian attempt at 'spinning a good yarn' was laughable in its
cumbersome but predictable plot development. The characters were no more than
silhouettes projected on a gossamer screen, so transparent that they simply
expired in the overblown prose.

http://www.amazon.com/Reverse-Negative-Suspense-Andre-Jute/dp/0393012166

Too funny. LMAO !

Graham

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