Rumours Of A Hurricane
(Tim Lott)
An
ailing marriage. A strained father-son relationship. Adultery. Verging
alcholism. Sibling rivalry. Sounds like your average
Hollywood fare, but this is Tim Lott's story of Charlie and Maureen
Buck and their journey through the 1980s - from a council flat in
Fulham to a detached house in Milton Keynes fast gaining in value,
from an acceptance of the way married life is supposed to be to an
epiphany of possibilties. Essentially this is a tale of the emanciption
of Maureen, the inability of Charlie to cope with change, and the
struggle of their son, Robert, to find a job in Thatcherite Britain.
I
had never read Tim Lott before this book and found his writing style
initially slightly odd. A touch verbose. Over elaborate. Saying twelve
things when one would do. Going on a bit too much... But then, there's
something strangely compulsive about the style. Knowing the minutae
of the Buck's lives you find yourself drawn in and caring about them.
A feeling felt all the more keenly since the start of the book gives
away Charlie's fate, and you're just waiting to see how he gets to
that point.
Don't
expect a sugary-sweet ending, but do expect a book you'll find hard
to put down.
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