Category: Unlikeable Protagonists

by M. Bijman April 11, 2018

Seriously nasty, but sad – Lionel ASBO, by Martin Amis

This is satire, and it bites hard. “Lionel ASBO” ( his surname stands for Anti-Social Behaviour Order, which was placedContinue Reading

by M. Bijman October 1, 2017

Art-themed Fiction kunstlerromane Review of new book Review of new novel Review of novel Unlikeable Protagonists

It’s a family thing – but is it art? The Family Fang, by Kevin Wilson

It says on the cover that The Family Fang is a comedy – but I did not find it funny.Continue Reading

by M. Bijman September 7, 2017

Review of historical fiction Unlikeable Protagonists

Ooh, what a horrible man – The Book of Human Skin, by Michelle Lovric

The title is a fair indication of what lurks inside the covers of this book. It has been compared toContinue Reading

by M. Bijman August 3, 2017

Review of modern fiction Review of previously published novel Unlikeable Protagonists

Disreputable. Person. Mostly? – Worst.Person. Ever. by Douglas Coupland

Douglas Coupland, the artist, is terribly famous, not only in Canada. He has won heaps of awards. When I wasContinue Reading

by M. Bijman July 31, 2015

Discussion of writing style Modern fiction Review of modern fiction Review of new novel Romances and Love Stories Unlikeable Protagonists

Hausfrau, by Jill Alexander Essbaum – A Modern Parable with Switzerland Substituted for Moral Subtext?

The lead character in Hausfrau, “Anna Benz”, must be one of the most disagreeable people I have had the misfortuneContinue Reading

by M. Bijman May 29, 2014

Review of modern fiction Review of new novel Unlikeable Protagonists

DBC Pierre’s Lights out in Wonderland – Not the Wonderland you’re thinking of

Vicariously living the drug-addled, suicide-obsessed life of the delinquent first-person narrator, “Gabriel Brockwell”, in DBC Pierre’s Lights Out in Wonderland, wasContinue Reading

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