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Serious Sweet (2016)

por A. L. Kennedy

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A good man in a bad world, Jon Sigurdsson is 59 and divorced: a senior civil servant in Westminster who hates many of his colleagues and loathes his work for a government engaged in unmentionable acts. A man of conscience. Meg Williams is 'a bankrupt accountant - two words you don't want in the same sentence, or anywhere near your CV'. She's 45 and shakily sober, living on Telegraph Hill, where she can see London unfurl below her. Somewhere out there is safety. Somewhere out there is Jon, pinballing around the city with a mobile phone and a letter-writing habit he can't break. He's a man on the brink, leaking government secrets and affection as he runs for his life. Set in 2014, this is a novel of our times. Poignant, deeply funny, and beautifully written, Serious Sweet is about two decent, damaged people trying to make moral choices in an immoral world: ready to sacrifice what's left of themselves for honesty, and for a chance at tenderness. As Jon and Meg navigate the sweet and serious heart of London - passing through 24 hours that will change them both for ever - they tell a very unusual, unbearably moving love story.… (más)
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It took me a long time to read this book. I kept having to put it up and start over. I wanted to enjoy it, simply for the sake of enjoying reading but I found it wordy in place and it did not hold my attention. I did find the main characters likable and there were places where I fully enjoyed it and could not wait to see what happened next but for the most part this was not a book I lost myself in. Unfortunately. ( )
  KrHammond | Dec 26, 2022 |
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It took me a long time to read this book. I kept having to put it up and start over. I wanted to enjoy it, simply for the sake of enjoying reading but I found it wordy in place and it did not hold my attention. I did find the main characters likable and there were places where I fully enjoyed it and could not wait to see what happened next but for the most part this was not a book I lost myself in. Unfortunately. ( )
  kskristine | May 17, 2022 |
In which my love/hate relationship with A. L. Kennedy's work continues apace. ( )
  GaylaBassham | May 27, 2018 |
Oddly, a book that seems to work both because and in spite of its incessant stream-of-consciousness passages.A slow starter that carries you for awhile on insight and humor alone,but as always, Kennedy cuts like a knife. Meg, perimenopausal, a former accountant--bankrupt, bad combination--and recovering alcoholic, works at an animal shelter, struggles through the day, each moment an attempt to regain her footing. Jon, 59 and divorced, is leaking government secrets from his job, and has otherwise employed himself writing affectionate letters to needy women: "Expressions of affection and respect delivered weekly." Meg sees his ad. "They [the letters] had seemed a necessity, not a luxury or a risk." A bit of a slog at times, but with rewards.

"I am in progress. What more can anyone ask? I'm underway." ( )
  beaujoe | Oct 7, 2017 |
A weird book. Our two protagonists share the stage, but the balance seems tipped towards the more boring Jon, a civil servant motivated by, er, well... it emerges late on, out of nowhere, and comes to nought. Meanwhile, Meg is far more interesting and her dark past, hinted at from the outset, is revealed in a far more realistic and logical manner. The vignettes of London life throughout are great, but the reason for their inclusion - again, explained at the end - seems contrived. Kennedy captures London, and loneliness, but I was infuriated by too many things to really enjoy this fully. ( )
  alexrichman | Jul 6, 2017 |
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A good man in a bad world, Jon Sigurdsson is 59 and divorced: a senior civil servant in Westminster who hates many of his colleagues and loathes his work for a government engaged in unmentionable acts. A man of conscience. Meg Williams is 'a bankrupt accountant - two words you don't want in the same sentence, or anywhere near your CV'. She's 45 and shakily sober, living on Telegraph Hill, where she can see London unfurl below her. Somewhere out there is safety. Somewhere out there is Jon, pinballing around the city with a mobile phone and a letter-writing habit he can't break. He's a man on the brink, leaking government secrets and affection as he runs for his life. Set in 2014, this is a novel of our times. Poignant, deeply funny, and beautifully written, Serious Sweet is about two decent, damaged people trying to make moral choices in an immoral world: ready to sacrifice what's left of themselves for honesty, and for a chance at tenderness. As Jon and Meg navigate the sweet and serious heart of London - passing through 24 hours that will change them both for ever - they tell a very unusual, unbearably moving love story.

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