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Summerland
Malcolm Knox. Picador USA: 2001 (hardback). ISBN: 0312280947. 272 pages.
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Ah, the suffering of the rich. The next time you're in line at the local
grocery store, take a look at all those tabloids, and you'll see this topic doesn't seem to get old. We just can't seem to
get enough sordid details about gorgeous, successful, wealthy, privileged people who are just as miserable as we are. But
this phenomenon isn't just tabloid fodder. Think of The Great Gatsby or any novel by Edith Wharton or Henry James--the
suffering of the rich has made for great literature. Now, Summerland may not prove to be great literature, but what a
great summer read! Malcolm Knox introduces us to the lives of Richard and Hugh, two young, rich, handsome men who lead
seemingly charmed lives in the upper crust of contemporary Austrailian society. Of course, neither these men nor their
lives are as perfect as they seem, and as we are drawn deeper into their twisted tale, we begin to understand the lies and
corruption that threaten their very way of life. Told with difficult honesty from Richard's point of view many years later,
Summerland evokes the bittersweet and sometimes just bitter memories of a man who has outlived his friends and
outgrown his world.
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