Female Ruins

by Geoff Nicholson

The daughter of a famous cult architect hooks up with a devoted fan of her late father's work in an adventure that is part love affair, part search for a lost building he supposedly designed and built.

Genres: Fiction

236 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Geoff Nicholson was a British novelist and nonfiction writer. He was educated at the Universities of Cambridge and Essex.

The main themes and features of his books include leading characters with obsessions, characters with quirky views on life, interweaving storylines and hidden subcultures and societies. His books usually contain a lot of black humour. He has also written three works of nonfiction and some short stories. His novel Bleeding London was shortlisted for the 1997 Whitbread Prize.

Reviews

[Petra X · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the third Nicholson book I've read in a row. The first, What We Did on Our Holidays was one of the funniest books I've ever read. The second, the Food Chain, was quite funny and quite good. This last one, Female Ruins is neither funny (its not meant to be) and not very good either. Boring actually. The heroine is dull, the hero has no character or credibility and the story, well, what story, its just too slight to carry a book although a couple of the scenes were really well-written. Great cover though.

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kelly Howell, a taxi driver in a small English town, struggles to come to terms with her late father, a famous architect -- and a mysterious American who arrives on the scene adds an entirely new twist.

[Deborah J · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars really, but only on account of the stuff on architecture. I am unconvinced by the character of Kelly - she seems to be an off-the-shelf feisty female character, one imagined by a male.

[Anita · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE this author, wow!

[Kevin Shannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

A rather thin tale, relatively entertaining, bbut not very illuminating.