New Cardiff
by Charles Webb
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Seductive, funny and poignant, with a mesmerizing fairy-tale quality, NEW CARDIFF begins with a broken heart - Colin's. He and Vera had first met when they kicked together as their pregnant mothers sat next to each other in the doctor's waiting room. They became like Siamese twins. They had great sex, they were getting married - until Vera sent Colin an invitation to her marriage to someone else. Colin escapes to the New World to heal himself, but almost immediately the new world takes a show more hand. In New Cardiff he finds an innocence, a simplicity, a warmth, an eccentricity and a directness that seduces and transforms him. Mandy, his new lover, finds the perfect subjects for portraits without even being interested, the force is with her. So when Vera arrives to explain it had all been a joke she finds a very different Colin. Written largely in dialogue NEW CARDIFF is a paeon to oust the cynicism of the adult in favour of the simplicity of the child. show lessTags
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A somewhat interesting book about a man running away from an unhappy breakup, and trying to see if a change of scenery would improve his outlook. It was an all-right read, but I didn't find it remarkable in any way.
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- People/Characters
- Colin Ware; Mandy Martin; Vera; Joanie Fisher
- Related movies
- Hope Springs (2003 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- For David Gritten,
who dropped everthing to research the orgin of'hat trick', and do whatever else was necessary to make us at home in the realm.
And Caroline Dawnay,
whose warmth, generosity and humour typify what we're found to be the British spirit. - First words
- Colin was standing in front of the art supply store when it opened at nine o'clock, and raised his hand slightly in greeting as a woman walked towards him on the other side of its glass door.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'Before the wife gets back,' he said, straightening up and opening his drawing pad, 'there's a small favour I have to ask of you.'
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