by Nabiel Kanan
Publisher : Nbm
Pub Co (March 1, 1999)
Softcover, 96
pages
While on vacation
with her parents in the British countryside, an inexperienced teenager, Beth,
becomes fascinated with an older girl who lives on the edges of society. Her
new, nameless pal sleeps with strangers, steals cars, breaks in and loots the
tourist’s summer cottages. But is she real, or some sort of Tyler Durden
hallucination?
This stranger
ignites an adolescent rebelliousness within Beth, but no sooner does she smoke
her first joint and ride bareback on a horse, than the vacation comes to an end.
The real world is beckoning her back to duties and responsibilities; homework
and chores. The friend disappears, leaving one to wonder if this spirit of
restlessness has taken residence within Beth. The ending seems to suggest so.
A lot of people
seem to dislike this book, but I say it is a competent work, if deliberately
understated. It feels real, even with the possibly supernatural elements, and
not overly dramatic, angsty nonsense one often sees on these entering puberty
stories. The art is both sparse, yet deep, perfectly blending with the
material. I felt this was a fine execution of the material, despite what other
reviewers have said.
For more readings, try books by Rex Hurst
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