Quill edition by Neal Drinnan Literature Fiction eBooks
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A novel in two parts
Part I Je Louse, 1999
"Beware of ex-lovers with quills", warns the preface of Elliot Bernard's new novel Je Louse.
Blaise spent six torrid years with the world-famous novelist, but left him for Woodrow. Now it would seem that Elliot Bernard lives happily with another man in New York. But could the author be seeking revenge upon his previous lover in his latest roman à clef?
Blaise feels compelled to read the book — however painful it may prove to be — and his jealous lover doesn't like it one bit, no sir-ee. But neither Blaise nor Woodrow know what lies in store for them. Sometimes books can change your life forever; some can even blow your mind. Je Louse is going to do a nice job of both.
Part II Gridiron, 2004
Seventy-year-old Rose Elliot sits in her son's apartment contemplating the release of his autobiography. Rose never wanted to be in a book, but like it or not, she's in this one. She's a simple country woman who never quite fathomed why the Lord blessed her with a son like Elliot Bernard. Cake baking and needlepoint are much more her forté.
"I think Gridiron was his greatest achievement", someone says with a laugh. Rose overhears and wonders what they're talking about. She couldn't remember a book with that title, and Elliot always hated sport as a boy. Having a son who wrote books like Elliot's has not been an easy thing for Rose. Still, she'd like to know more about Gridiron. Be careful Rose — there are some things a mother has the right not to know. Gridiron is one of those things.
Quill edition by Neal Drinnan Literature Fiction eBooks
I took this book with me on a recent vacation to Sydney but never got around to reading it. I picked it up a few days ago while yearning for summer to arrive in the Windy City where, on days like today, winter seems to hold fast for three seasons. Although Oxford Street and Kings Cross did bring back a few memories the trip down that lane ended there."Quill" is a creatively structured novel within a novel. The novels explore, by way of its protagonist, the extremes of sexual liberation and it's affect on those he love and those who love him. The story is set in Sydney, Australia and features Bernard Elliott, an author whose latest novel, "Je Louse" includes too much truth about his sex-capades and his former partner's role in them. Early on, the transitioning from "Quill" to "Je Louse" was a bit awkward but things begin to pick up later in the story. Although, there are moments of significant insight into love, lust and relationships in "Quill", I must admit that I didn't find the story as engaging as Drinnan's debut novel "Gloved Puppet".
"Quill" is a truthful and tragic story, both characteristics aptly captured by the scant yet meaningful writing style of Drinnan. I mean . . . there're two novels and a movie within those 234 pages! There is much to be extracted from this novel that may be better revealed in discussion with someone else who's read it. The author's unflinching interrogation of the characters' psyche provides ample material for dialogue and reflection. A worthwhile read.
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Quill edition by Neal Drinnan Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This book was one I picked up on an impulse the last time I was in Borders. It sat for some time in my TBR pile before I got sick of something else I was reading and decided to pick this up instead.
It is an interesting book with some very well drawn characters and relationships contained within the pages. Interesting, though is about as high a mark as I am willing to give it.
Blaise, Berni and Woodrow tend to rub against each other with a snideness which I found a little bit overdone at times and it really didn't do much for me. Whether or not this is a true representation of gay men in Australia, I don't really know, but it seemed a little stilted and contrived at times.
The first half of the book deals with Berni's ex-partner, Blaise and his new partner Woodrow (Woodie) and the impact that Berni's tell all novel Je Louse has on them and their relationship. The characters in the novel are very thinly disguised representations of Blaise and Woodie and the story is, in fact, a retelling of the relationship breakdown between Blaise and Bernie some years before.
Blaise reads the novel despite Woodrow's insistance that he not read it (while Woodrow himself is reading it, on the sly).
I found the excerpts of Je Louse which are interspersed throughout Drinnan's narrative, actually more interesting than the main storyline.
By the time he's finished reading the novel, Blaise has been rather unsubtly seduced and when Berni turns up back in Sydney it is inevitable that Blaise will break of his already floundering relationship with Woodie and go back to Berni.
The second half of the novel deals with the reflections of Rose Elliot, Berni's mother as she thinks back over her son's life and career and contemplates the release of his autobiography.
Rose is elderly, and for most of the time, she is drunk, distracted and her thoughts ramble. This, unfortunately, means that the story also rambles and I had the feeling many times that the author was trying to pad his word count.
Again, Berni's narrative from the autobiography sprinkled amongst Drinnan's story, is actually the more interesting storyline.
I wanted to like this book, and I persevered with it till the end in the hope that it would rise above interesting, but it never quite made it.
I can't say that I enjoyed it. Others may get different results.
What an enthralling read! "Quill" is about Elliot Bernard, who has just published his third novel. His ex-lover Blaise is forbidden by his current lover from reading the book, but Blaise is drawn to it and discovers that it's a thinly-veiled tome about his current relationship. The further he reads, the more Blaise is shaken from the ennui which threatened to engulf him. Of course, he's angered immensely for what Elliot has done to him, but could this new novel actually be a message for him? And in the second part, Elliot's mother takes center stage at her younger son's funeral. Elliot has died, leaving his mother to continue in her struggle to reconcile her son's literary and vividly queer life with what she knows from life in the Australian rural town where Elliot grew up. Ultimately, she finds a sort of strength to claim her own influence on her son's career. This compelling, insightful, dazzling book will delight readers and stop them in their tracks (and not at the distracting typographical errors).
I took this book with me on a recent vacation to Sydney but never got around to reading it. I picked it up a few days ago while yearning for summer to arrive in the Windy City where, on days like today, winter seems to hold fast for three seasons. Although Oxford Street and Kings Cross did bring back a few memories the trip down that lane ended there.
"Quill" is a creatively structured novel within a novel. The novels explore, by way of its protagonist, the extremes of sexual liberation and it's affect on those he love and those who love him. The story is set in Sydney, Australia and features Bernard Elliott, an author whose latest novel, "Je Louse" includes too much truth about his sex-capades and his former partner's role in them. Early on, the transitioning from "Quill" to "Je Louse" was a bit awkward but things begin to pick up later in the story. Although, there are moments of significant insight into love, lust and relationships in "Quill", I must admit that I didn't find the story as engaging as Drinnan's debut novel "Gloved Puppet".
"Quill" is a truthful and tragic story, both characteristics aptly captured by the scant yet meaningful writing style of Drinnan. I mean . . . there're two novels and a movie within those 234 pages! There is much to be extracted from this novel that may be better revealed in discussion with someone else who's read it. The author's unflinching interrogation of the characters' psyche provides ample material for dialogue and reflection. A worthwhile read.
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