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For Hilary, this holiday to the Costa del Sol is the last throw of the dice. She's done everything for husband Shaun since his accident, but he only seems to grow more reclusive.
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Leisure is Kevin Sampson's third novel, the follow-up to Powder, and is the ultimate beach holiday read, as it follows the antics of a group of English holidaymakers on the Costa del Sol. The book opens with "Pasternack. A fat bloke", otherwise known as "Doctor Fun", downing yards of ale in a Stockport pub with his mates Tom, Mickey, and Matt, who "looked like the rugby player Jeremy Guscott", all of them preparing for "one glorious week of madness" in Spain. Their week abroad is fated to become entangled with Hilary and Shaun, travelling to the same hotel. Both are desperately trying to save their marriage, on the rocks since Shaun's fall from a building site, which has impaired his sound and vision. As everyone settles into a round of drinks, clubs, drugs and sex, cracks begin to appear in the midst of all the fun. Pasternack, pursued by Millie from Nijmegen, who "looks like a well-made Brooke Shields", confesses to being a virgin, and Hilary's sexual frustration with Shaun reaches a crescendo with the rather dumb but appealingly misunderstood Matt.
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Leisure is full of very funny moments, as Shaun is mistaken for Jesus by a group of Spanish nuns, and Pasternack summons up his sexual courage with a cocktail of ecstasy and viagra, stomping his way through Abba and Madness, but the book's more lyrical moments of seriousness fall rather flat. It's much better if you take it as a funny fantasy about getting everything you want (and sometimes even a bit more than you bargained for) from your package holiday in the sun. --Jerry Brotton.
"An amusing yet tender look at the strange things people get up to when the sun comes out." -"Mirror "What makes Sampson's third novel such a fun read are his acute observations about contemporary twentysomething life, detailed personal traits and scenic descriptions." -"Face
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 022406004X
- ISBN 13 9780224060042
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages240
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