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A Clockwork Apple
My debut novel
A Clockwork Apple
A Clockwork Apple
Belinda Webb's debut novel is a remarkably confident piece of writing. ...Webb delights in playing linguistic games and riffs continually on Burgess's teenspeak, creating her own urban vocabulary. Every word is made to matter; she dissects some and merges others, revelling in the potential of language.
New Statesman, April 2008
"Overall, this brave, pithy debut kicks you in the face, whilst making a mockery of bureaucratic society."
Dazed and Confused
"Alex, like Burgess's narrator, has her own linguistic style: in her case, a kind of street patois, studded with verbal riffs. She is in rebellion against a system "of gombeens created by a gregatim of gombeens" (corrupt money-trading), and in which "Blytons" - the smug middle classes - thrive....A Clockwork Apple is sentimental. What makes it worth reading is Alex's spiky narration, which even Blytons might enjoy." - The Guardian
New Statesman, April 2008
"Overall, this brave, pithy debut kicks you in the face, whilst making a mockery of bureaucratic society."
Dazed and Confused
"Alex, like Burgess's narrator, has her own linguistic style: in her case, a kind of street patois, studded with verbal riffs. She is in rebellion against a system "of gombeens created by a gregatim of gombeens" (corrupt money-trading), and in which "Blytons" - the smug middle classes - thrive....A Clockwork Apple is sentimental. What makes it worth reading is Alex's spiky narration, which even Blytons might enjoy." - The Guardian
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