Absolutely Fabulous

Last night I finished reading Absolutely, Positively Not ... by David La Rochelle who also wrote that wonderful picture book The Best Pet of All.

When I posted about Best Pet being my favourite picture book of 2004 (My Reading Year: 2004), David emailed to tell me about Absolutely, his first Young Adult novel. Of course I had to ask for a preview copy and I got it, on Monday!

Suffice to say that, reading it, I nearly fell out of bed laughing.

I'm not sure if the Malaysian censors will pass it as it's about a teenage boy (Steve)trying to come to terms with his sexuality. It wouldn't be a problem if it was about a straight guy wrestling with his hormones, but the fact that Steve thinks he might be gay would be a problem. Still, the cover doesn't give anything away, nor the title. Plus, it's not sexually explicit at all; just warm, funny and honest. And Steve is totally cuckoo, which makes him very endearing. Bravo, David!

I'm hoping Absolutely gets released here. I'm definitely asking the bookstores to bring it in directly even if the distributors don't.

Absolutely Positively Not ... is published this month.

Comments

[Daphne]

Daren, you have no email!! Anyway, yes, the book is available at Kinokuniya (hardback). I just featured it in my column (31 July, Star Mag) so if you clip it out, you can get a 30% discount.

[daren]

can I buy this at the bookstore already? let me know..