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Wood, Talc and Mr. J

Well, I would categorize author Chris Rose's novel as a satire, a cross between a parody and intelligent poetry. You have to admire an author who can pour this much of his brain and guts on a page and make a coherent collage or pictures depicting multiple meanings. Now, the author did warn me that I might not get all the cultural references, and he was right. Some, I'm sorry to say, did zip right over my head. Yet, as a diehard fan of Monty Python, and deadpan British humour, I understood the irony and laughed out loud at many of the clever quips. Remember Terry Jones and John Cleese? Geniuses all of them especially John Cleese. His modern day portrayal of Lyle Finster in Will & Grace, one of my favorites, was reminiscent of the Python's Flying Circus.

I gave Wood Talc and Mr. J, and my good friend Phillip a 5 because of the richness of such passages, "Unlike my dad, I disliked Jed's hair. Only because I'd have died for it. Where his grew biologically into an early Rod Steward piece, mine, left un-flattered for more than five minutes, had me looking crossbred between Nana Mouskouri and Mary Hopkins." I laughed. Of course, my hair was the same. I enjoyed also, "One minute baby Loretta would be butting Granny's nose for lack of headcontrol, the next both would be sobbing for England--she'd just be hungry." I believe our friend Phillip loves life a lot more than he thinks he does.

Witticisms able to paint vivid pictures are too many to quote. You'll have to read the book. My favorite: Phillip indulging in the recurring dream off bus 49. First time I've heard someone else doing this on a bus--imagining other people and giving them a life. Mine also had nicknames

You'll want to find out more about Chris Rose. Discover why Chris is such the word-smith. Quite a linguist. His amazon page will surprise you.


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Wood Talc and Mr J We never had it so good The Rowlings Years Book 1 edition by Chris Rose Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

Wood, Talc and Mr. J is a fascinating book. I would go further to say that I am not sure I have ever read anything quite like it.

Looking at other reviews I have read the words ‘satire’, ‘parody’, ‘original’, and more. And while I have to agree we can talk about those elements – and a lot more – but what really peaked my interest is that I think there is something going on that the reviewers haven’t yet touched. And that is its political slant.

I don’t claim to know much about 70/80s Britain (and I don’t claim to get all the allusions the narrator refers to in this book) but I know there is so much more going on than what lies on the surface.

What does lie on the surface can be very witty and you can’t help but go with it. You might also want to classify the novel as a coming of age book.

But there’s a whole lot more going on and I’m sure you could read it on a number of levels.

As someone has already suggested, to get the most from it you really ought to read it more than once.

I do hope there’ll be a sequel. We can’t just leave Phillip there!
What a meandering, mesmerizing journey this novel is. It’s poetry in motion, pause and read-again worthy. "Wood, Talc & Mr. J" is unique yet familiar. There’s elegance in its grit, morality in its liberation, pathos in its humor, discipline in its anarchy. It’s confident in its vision whether depicting raw reality or taking off on flights of fancy. This is storytelling in black and white yet vividly descriptive, rollicking and reflective, street-wise with the mark of fine literature in its layered narrative and smart, nimble use of language and form. Its chapters grow out of quotes from ancient Chinese wisdom and classical writers like Blake, Dickens, Stevenson, Shakespeare, Shelly, and Wilde in order to, as Mr. Rose states in the foreword, “play with themes eternal”.

"Wood, Talc & Mr. J" IS playful, even picaresque. It’s episodic, at times a burlesque rendition of a quixotic quest for life’s meaning and purpose, and love. Like a young Don Quixote, its protagonist Phillip enjoys the ride and the fascinating, challenging, at times farcical characters and situations he meets along the way. He pursues adventure like Don Quixote did “flailing at windmills” and exalting the objects of his desire. Yet, also like Cervantes’ fiction, Mr. Rose’s novel seriously connects to the conflicted, complicated, chaotic human experience of wondering, doubting, rebelling—and searching, especially for what may never be found.

For me, the Britishness of this novel is a bonus to its brilliance and a great part of its charm. I lived in England during the 1970s and 80s, so the settings, cultural and political issues, values, humor and anecdotes are familiar and nostalgic. It’s also reminiscent of my favorite films of the “angry young men” "Look Back in Anger" era of British cinema, so I was prone to envisioning actors like Alan Bates, Albert Finney, Richard Harris and Peter O’Toole slipping into the fascinating roles of working class people that enliven this novel.

Despite the wanderlust and internal isolation of this novel’s main character, there is such a feeling of hearth and home (a definite place to set out from and return to), with the importance of family and friendship at its core. The historical context is vividly conveyed through characterizations, settings, and current events, and, most essentially, the pop and jazz music playing on the juke box, turntable, radio, or even just in Phillip’s head.

From its opening lines to its last, "Wood, Talc & Mr. J" is challenging, intelligent, out of the ordinary and beautifully written, full of adventure, lively conversations, compelling action, laughter and tears, an imaginative memoir of past times, people and places Mr. Rose honestly and cleverly transforms into something unforgettable for his readers, too.
CLEVERLY CRAFTED.

Wood, Talc and Mr. J

Well, I would categorize author Chris Rose's novel as a satire, a cross between a parody and intelligent poetry. You have to admire an author who can pour this much of his brain and guts on a page and make a coherent collage or pictures depicting multiple meanings. Now, the author did warn me that I might not get all the cultural references, and he was right. Some, I'm sorry to say, did zip right over my head. Yet, as a diehard fan of Monty Python, and deadpan British humour, I understood the irony and laughed out loud at many of the clever quips. Remember Terry Jones and John Cleese? Geniuses all of them especially John Cleese. His modern day portrayal of Lyle Finster in Will & Grace, one of my favorites, was reminiscent of the Python's Flying Circus.

I gave Wood Talc and Mr. J, and my good friend Phillip a 5 because of the richness of such passages, "Unlike my dad, I disliked Jed's hair. Only because I'd have died for it. Where his grew biologically into an early Rod Steward piece, mine, left un-flattered for more than five minutes, had me looking crossbred between Nana Mouskouri and Mary Hopkins." I laughed. Of course, my hair was the same. I enjoyed also, "One minute baby Loretta would be butting Granny's nose for lack of headcontrol, the next both would be sobbing for England--she'd just be hungry." I believe our friend Phillip loves life a lot more than he thinks he does.

Witticisms able to paint vivid pictures are too many to quote. You'll have to read the book. My favorite Phillip indulging in the recurring dream off bus 49. First time I've heard someone else doing this on a bus--imagining other people and giving them a life. Mine also had nicknames

You'll want to find out more about Chris Rose. Discover why Chris is such the word-smith. Quite a linguist. His page will surprise you.