Robert Glancy
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Bob Glancy was born in Zambia and grew up in Malawi. Educated in the UK, he moved to New Zealand in 2003 and published his first book, Terms and Conditions, last year. Terms and Conditions has been very well received with positive reviews from publications like The New York Times and Publishers vis mere Weekly. He is one of the recipients of the 2015 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship. He will share in a $20,000 stipend and a four month residency at the Frank Sargeson Centre in Auckland. This will give him the ability to focus on their writing full-time without financial distractions at a critical time in their careers. The fellowship runs from 1 April, 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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For the first few chapters this book drove me nuts. I hated all those darned footnotes and asterisks. I hated the constant repetition of the term "Terms and Conditions" in the chapter heading. I thought that I would be reading this book with my teeth clenched throughout.
In the end I lightened up and did what the book warns against: I ignored them. It proved to be an easy read thereafter although still somewhat contrived. I didn't find the book funny - perhaps some things were too close to the truth for me (I guess I'd describe the book as containing many truisms).
I don't have my copy to hand but I seem to remember the book being compared to Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and having read both I would totally agree with this.
Oh and I really did expect more from the main character...
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