Tuesday, August 28, 2018

BEAUTY PLUS PITY

By Kevin Chong. Vancouver, BC: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2011.

One of the funniest books, and best stories, I've read in a long time.

Malcolm Kwan, a 24 year old slacker and wannabe male model, discovers he has a long-lost sister around the same time his father dies and his fiance breaks up with him. As Hadley, the sister, and Malcolm get more involved in each other's lives, one learns the history of Malcolm's past relationships with women and sees Malcolm's growing relationship with the only woman he's ever treated right.

This book ripples with humour on every page. There are so many classic lines your hard pressed to remember even a few of them, such as a bed looking as if it was made from prefab recycled plastic prison bars or a person sounding as believable as a teenager playing a senior citizen in a school play. At the same time, the reader gets entirely caught up in the narrative and its well-drawn, and somehow believable characters.

Additionally, as a Christian, it was nice to see a secular book that actually showed abortion does have at least some significant consequences.

Purchase "Beauty Plus Pity" here.https://www.amazon.ca/Beauty-Plus-Pity-Kevin-Chong/dp/1551524163

2 comments:

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Alex Horton said...

Being blind, adding pictures and video is kind of hard for me to do.

I will keep it in the back of my mind, though.