Eleven (novel) explained

Author:David Llewellyn
Publisher:Seren Press
Pub Date:2006

Eleven is a 2006 novel by David Llewellyn and published by Seren Press.

Eleven is written entirely in the form of emails, drawing to a certain extent upon the tradition of epistolary novels. The action of the novel is limited to a single day, between the hours of 9am and 5pm.

Reception

Niall Griffiths wrote that Eleven "conveys an almost unbearable poignancy". Rob Dawson, writing in Gay Times commented that "the characters are a little too stereotypical at times", while Nicholas Clee in The Guardian described it as "a funny (and) disturbing view of a disaffected age".[1] Author Ray French voted it one of his "Top Ten Black Comedies" in The Guardian.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Clee . Nicholas . 2007-01-06 . Day in a life . 2024-08-31 . . en-GB . 0261-3077 . 31 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240831013445/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jan/06/featuresreviews.guardianreview21 . live .
  2. News: French . Ray . 2007-11-13 . Ray French's top 10 black comedies . 2024-08-31 . . en-GB . 0261-3077.