The television was on.
'ooh, look - it's whatsisname.''who?'
'you know . . .'
'which one?'
'the one with the hair.'
'oh yeah - God, haven't seen him for years. What was he in? Years ago now?'
'he was in that detective programme - what was it called?'
'oh I know, with that woman.'
'what woman?'
'you know the one with the um — oh - married to that actor.'
'what actor?'
'big guy, funny eyes - oh god what was he in? That's going to really annoy me now'
'I never knew they were married.'
'yeah (belch), pardon.'
'I wish I could remember the name of that programme'
'what programme?'
'the one that bloke was in.'
'what bloke?'
'you know, whatsisname.'
'who?
'DO YOU TWO MIND IF WE ACTUALLY HEAR THE PROGRAMME AS WELL AS WATCH IT?'
'Sorry.'
'Sorry.'
Haha. So I actually read this book for its dialouge. That and well the title. I heard that some author had written a modern version of Austen's well-loved Pride and Prejudice and was curious.
This book is a fun read. I usually don't immerse in "fun read"(s) as such. But this is a good light hearted book that you can quickly delve into. I think the best part was being able to see the compariosns being drawn between the original P&P characters and the contemporary parallels. The portrayal of Elizabeth and Darcy was spot on. Even though, as was expected, Elizabeth started to annoy me after a while. I wonder why that happens?
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