8 Responses

1. Sian Phillips

   July 27th, 2010 at 9:28 pm

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   Slide is a savagely funny send up of the social climbers and misfits who got drunk and did lines of coke when they should have been saving for their mortgages and keeping their pennies for the misery of economic gloom . The novel uses satire and surrealism to convey the popular themes of celebrity, social class and race discrimination in a “broken Britain” and violent NYC. It’s wild, crazy with an energetic mix of candid commentary and naked satire . a cult hit .

2. Jan Serte

   July 27th, 2010 at 10:47 pm

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   Awesome reviews am going to check this book out love the site any more recommends appreciated

3. Pia Jacobs

   August 3rd, 2010 at 9:40 pm

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   Read SLIDE BY SAIRA VIOLA FACT : It’s the most bizarre book I’ve ever read . I enjoyed it immensely , I appreciated all the art, ( Damien Hirst, Mattise etc ) references , I laughed was moved and shocked at the level of inequality in Britain today women with “pot roast” hues beware and as for you guys with “coke bloat” torsos well too much partying leaves you looking “well past your sell by dates!” FACT : The book’s a winner and don’t read it if you can’t take a hit!

   Pia

4. Suki Yamotomi

   August 14th, 2010 at 7:41 am

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   BELIEVE THE HYPE THIS BOOK IS JUMPING !
   Got this book on a whim while looking for Stig Larson’s Girl with a Tatoo. Liked the artwork on the cover very surreal . 128 pages of action : shootings in NYC, party people in London , break ins , gang culture , checkpoints on music , Damien Hirst beauty, corrupt lawyers , Indian mobsters shoot outs in London it’s all here all in 128 pages of utter chaos and elegant narration . Hip English dialogue and I swear Viola’s description of The Bryant Hotel made me feel I was right there . Buy this book you will laugh out loud.

5. Sian Phillips

   August 14th, 2010 at 7:45 am

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   Hey Jo, Thanks for introducing me to a great site ! Your site manages to attract readers and reviewers as there’s no fuss and no messy downloads I’m spreading the word on the site . The news is that the writer wrote the book in under 21 days and devised a new pioneering style of narrative called scatterscript and now that book has been picked up by a mainstream and is being relaunched so chances are the first edition is going to end up a collectors item .

   Once again always happy to recommend a great site and while I’m here in Europe going to spread the word about it .

   If you do pick it up enjoy it and congrats on a wonderful site .

   Sian

6. Porsche Vineue

   August 14th, 2010 at 7:47 am

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   SLIDE BY SAIRA VIOLA – GET A LIFE AND BUY THE BOOK ! I identify with the “trustafarians” mentioned in this novel and I have to admit Viola has us bang to rights “guv”. We do have Harley Street doctors, on speed dial, absolutely love Harvey Nicks and dance away the nights and early mornings at Boujis . I love my life and I’m thrilled Viola has put it on show for the world to see. I eat sleep and drink fashion and have no hangups about free love and easy lays in fact the whole book is so realistic I thought I was re- living the whole of my year through SLIDE . I don’t think that all us trustafarians have no morals whatseover but we do have a huge appetite for pleasure and Viola has totally bagged it . It’s fun, silly with an undercurrent of social commentary a great book to ward off fatigue and boredom I read it on my secret hideaway in Mustique and my boyfriend Jasper loved it too!

7. anon

   August 14th, 2010 at 7:49 am

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   Viola finds an ugly world where good doesn’t follow good and bad is rewarded with a publicity agent and six figure pay check . Viola plays with language , plays with structure , plays with technialities and plays with the reader ‘s view of modern society.Escaping from rigid rules of convention Viola flies from scene to scene with whizzing fury and actually manages to jam all of the plot, the imagery and the clever breaks into 123 pages of sheer magic. The book is sharp and shows off Viola’s ability to mix dickensian like characters with acute political comment lawyers are described as “feasting” on their client’s misery and the racial tension between black and white is sledge hammer subtle but the satire and fun of the novel is superbly executed . If the internet rumours are true and Viola penned this story within a month we are in for a real treat when she really gets going ! Watch out for Viola she’s got it . She can write and write good .

8. anon

   August 14th, 2010 at 7:52 am

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   Tripping on SLIDE – READ READ READ ! (Rating 5 of 5)
   Hidden under the neon yellow cover is a genuinely funny story . The writing screams with energy and a distinctive melody . It’s brutal and yet beautiful and much of its appeal lies in its style which is gloriously individual . Viola jumps from scene to scene and makes a mockery of lawyers “feasting” on clients like cockroaches, institutionalised racism , the decadent lifestyles of the well heeled , and the “hipsters” and “wannabes” all looking for their money ticket to the good life . What she finds is “shrunken talent ” and a sea of mediocrity because a real artist can’t possibly prostitute thmeselves for money can they? Here lies the social dilema of a true artist and an issue that remains unresolved . Far better then, the refreshing honesty of a real hooker who does not deceive or lie to get ahead . The section about New York women is ubelievably realistic anyone who’s been to the Big Apple knows that everyone’s a jobbing performer but why this is seen as somehow better is endemic of the cultural values of the society in which we live . A society that worships celebrity over service and encourages wanton immorality and excess. A bodacious read for anyone who knows their Jimmy Choos from their Oswald Boateng and those who don’t trip on it ! (Slide, A Modern Satire on the Excess of Greed)