{"id":573,"date":"2014-06-04T09:01:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T09:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marbellarocksmag.com\/london\/?p=573"},"modified":"2017-03-13T10:57:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T09:57:08","slug":"book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rocksmag.com\/london\/book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK REVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE SNOW\u00a0<\/strong><strong>QUEEN<\/strong><br \/>\nThis Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist\u00a0really knows how to tell a great\u00a0story, turning from polar opposite\u00a0subject matter like religion to drugs\u00a0seamlessly. The stories main character\u00a0Barrett Meeks re-evaluates his life after\u00a0seeing a strange light hovering in the\u00a0sky over Central Park in New York. He\u00a0doesn\u2019t believe in visions or God but\u00a0can\u2019t deny what he\u2019s seen. Meanwhile\u00a0his older brother Tyler, a struggling\u00a0musician, uses cocaine to make him\u00a0feel better to cope with his terminally\u00a0ill fianc\u00e9e and he needs heroin to help\u00a0write songs. The characterisations\u00a0make this new novel an exciting\u00a0and modern read even though it is\u00a0a profound unresolved novel about\u00a0love.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham was the author of\u00a0acclaimed 1998 novel \u201cThe Hours\u201d\u00a0(the film version won Nicole Kidman\u00a0a Best Actress Oscar) and this is\u00a0tipped to be his best work since. 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