![]() ![]() He has a shot at redemption, but blows it. No, not the Beverley Hills 90210 Jason Priestley, as Danny’s Jason frequently has to explain. The narrator and central character is Jason Priestley. Well, the plot is clever and funny….but as you turn the 400 pages you live and enjoy, sometimes suffer, the characters’ lives with them long before the clever, funny plot resolves itself. But it’s really more about the characters than the plot. That’s the official synopsis, lifted from Danny’s website. And that’s when he spots something very unusual indeed… ![]() So what should he do? Develop the film? Or forget about her? He develops the film. But in his hands, he realises he’s still got something of hers… It’s all about a man who one night helps a girl. Welcome to the fun and immersive world of Charlotte Street, Danny Wallace’s first novel, published in 2012. You want to luxuriate in that booky pleasure and become one of their inner circle of off-the-wall friends….but at the same time you really want to know how the quirky plot will get resolved. You’ve come to love the characters so much that you’ve finagled yourself into the narrative too. I’ve just finished one of those books where you’ve become so engaged – emotionally invested as the psycho-babblers might say – that you’re in a quandary over how to read the last 100 pages. ![]()
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