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Kansas in August
by: Patrick Gale

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780006545460
ISBN: 0006545467
Label: Flamingo
Manufacturer: Flamingo
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: February 04, 2002
Publisher: Flamingo
Studio: Flamingo
Sales Rank: 110223

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A disappointment
Synopsis from Amazon:
In this first novel, Dr Henry (Henrietta) Metcalfe falls for a hitch-hiker, Rufus. A psychiatrist and a teacher, both are intent on concealing their true identities. To complicate this comedy of sexual role reversal, Rufus is having an affair with Henry's brother, Hilary, who wants to be a father.

I don't really know what to make of Kansas in August. This is certaintly not the best Gale book I have read. The book seemed disjoined, with random characters flitting in and out of the story. There seemed no definite storyline, we just seemed to follow three character, Hilary, Henrietta and Rufus through odd events which distantly relate the characters to each other. I didn't like the ending, which I ... Read More:

Rating:

- Wonderful
Although this book is short (which is perhaps the only let down of the whole thing) It was a wonderful book to read, a fantastic story line filled with warmth and story lines that you wouldn't have thought were coming. It focusses on two siblings who are both adults and through the story brings out there wants and desires.

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