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I have just discovered 'A short history of tractors in Ukrainian'......

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AbbaFan · 12/10/2008 17:40

....... it's a little gem isn't it.

I am really enjoying it.

My bookclub have picked 'Two Caravans' but I really wanted to read 'tractors' first.

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AbbeyA · 12/10/2008 19:01

I didn't find the abuse funny.It was amusing in parts but I was sadly disappointed.

pageturner · 12/10/2008 18:52

Bits of it were funny I thought, but the bits where the younger woman was abusing the old man were disgusting. I didn't think that was funny at all.

pippibluestocking · 12/10/2008 18:46

I thought it was great, although I did skip the bits about the tractors!

MingMingtheWonderPet · 12/10/2008 18:45

I really liked it, but also skipped the bits about tractors - perhaps I was just not 'getting' it.

suncassie · 12/10/2008 18:41

Oh dear, was just about to start it. May try Missing by Susan Lewis instead. Struggling with The Standing Pool by Adam Thorpe but determined to finish it.

fanjolina · 12/10/2008 18:23

I couldn't finish it. I tried about 5 times then gave up.

Katisha · 12/10/2008 18:08

It was OK but I had to skim the bits about actual tractors...

BitOfFun · 12/10/2008 17:57

Well, keep an open mind, maybe I just didn't get it!

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AbbaFan · 12/10/2008 17:56

Oh dear is it all down-hill from here - I am only on p138!

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Lilymaid · 12/10/2008 17:56

I enjoyed Tractors but Two Caravans is not nearly as good.

BitOfFun · 12/10/2008 17:54

I didn't really enjoy it - it started promisingly enough, but I thought from the early part of the book that it would be much funnier than it turned out to be. It kind of lost pace for me, and became a bit dreary.

fairyfly · 12/10/2008 17:49

Stopped reading it, but the cover is fabulous if you're a graphic design type person like me. Never judge a book by a cover unless it's for your coffee table.

Aliensloveunderpants · 12/10/2008 17:47

I'm afraid I didn't get on with it at all, found it dull and didn't warm to the characters. My DH and mum, however, couldn't put it down, thought it was great.

CoteDAzur · 12/10/2008 17:46

It is about an old man falling for a Ukrainian bimbo who turns out to be after his money (surprise). Most of the book is about this man's senile antics, the bimbo being a bimbo, and the daughters dispairing about it all.

It was slightly funny at parts, but I didn't think it was interesting at all.

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AbbaFan · 12/10/2008 17:46

It's about a man in his 80's with 2 grown up daughters. The wife dies and 2 years later he marries a 36 Ukrainian woman - much to the daughters disapproval.

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SuperSillyus · 12/10/2008 17:44

I read it and thought it was brilliant.

stayinbed · 12/10/2008 17:43

what is it about, have heard its fabulous but the title is very off putting....