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title: "First Person: A Novel"
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# First Person: A Novel

**Brand:** richard flanagandavid linskirandom house audio
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Nice try but ultimately pretty tedious
  

*by D***U on Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2018*

I've read four of Richard Flanagan's books, including his remarkable debut, Death of a River Guide: A Novel, which I read while on a bicycle tour of Tasmania. I've grown to expect superior writing, but in service to some pretty dark stories.First Person is no exception, in that the writing is as good as you'd expect from the winner of the Man Booker Prize. But the story lacks the sweep of his previous books, and is ultimately almost claustrophobic as a result.The novel tells the story, in first person, of course, of aspiring writer Kif, who's backed into a corner financially and supporting his wife, who's pregnant with twins, and their young daughter. He's making no headway on his novel, and when he loses his only source of income, a part-time job, he and his family are facing economic disaster.His lifelong friend Ray comes to the rescue, offering him a chance to ghostwrite the memoir of one of Australia's most notorious con men, Siegfried Heidl, who is about to be sent up for his crimes and for whom Ray works as a bodyguard. Reluctantly, he takes the job when it's offered, but Heidl proves impossible to pin down, instead playing mind games with Kif. With just six weeks to produce a finished manuscript, Kif grows increasingly frustrated.Against this backdrop, we learn something of Kif and Ray's earlier life, when they were constantly getting into scrapes, and Kif's marriage, which is less than fulfilling, as well as his career, which is a nonstarter. But most of the book consists of Kif's interactions with Siegfried in the offices of the publishing company. It's pretty slow going much of the time, though Flanagan's prose is as fluid as ever, and his characterizations are marvelous, even if none of the characters, including Kif, is especially likable.  But in the end, I had to force myself to finish the book, and I say that as someone who really admires the author.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A very good novel that does not quite fulfill its promise
  

*by T***S on Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2018*

I looked forward to reading First Person, having read Flanagan's Narrow Road to the Deep North - a tough act to follow.  I was not disappointed, though neither the characters nor the settings were as thoroughly developed as in Deep North. The premise here - a struggling novelist hired to ghost write an autobiography of a notorious miscreant - allows for much insight into the craft of writing. Still the story is a little thin on plot and doesn't flesh out the Australian settings as well as I had hoped. An impressive work nonetheless and I look forward to more from Flanagan.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Clever writing.
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2017*

After reading The Narrow Road to the Deep North, I was keen to read First Person and it didn’t disappoint. This book is intelligently written and was a pleasure to read. Care and patience has gone into the writing. I found myself reading each page carefully so as not to miss the wording that can be extraordinary. This book is for people who can appreciate careful attention to detail.

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