Notes from an Exhibition

by Patrick Gale

Book Overview

'Poised and pitch-perfect throughout' Mail on Sunday Set in Cornwall, the bestselling novel of artistic compulsion, marriage, and the secrets left behind. 'This book is complete perfection' Stephen... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007254660
• ISBN13: 9780007254668
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Familiar Story

Familiar story of a creative individual with the stigma of manic depression. You could easily reduced the page volume by half and the impact would be greater. The way it is written is like eating sponge cake for a main meal and feeling so unsatisfied. But it might just be your kind of cake. Don't get me wrong, the story is good but there is way too much boring fluff to wade through.

Sympathetic Storyteller

Britain's "most successful openly gay author" (this from OutUK.com) has written a book that has little to say about gayness, much to say about the impact of mental illness on a family, something to say about religion and its consolations, and much to say about sibling relationships. The book is artfully constructed, told through several voices. Gale portrays Rachel Kelly, an artist with four children, in great and caring detail. He does the same for Rachel's paintings.