Review: Sharp.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2012
A Bed of Knives captures the uncertainty of youth; the pitfalls, and those relationships which sometimes change and develop from friendships to affairs of the heart.This novel also has a great feel of time and place, as we follow the post university lives of Gina, Rose, Eddie and Spider. It's a great read for young adults as well as ahem... slightly older readers.So, Spider fancies Rose but Rose is keen on Eddie. Gina likes both Spider and Eddie quite likes Rose too.Oh, the angst and confusion of it all; (I recall all that yearning!) is the springboard from which this story begins.Rose is a business graduate and Gina, an aspiring designer. Meanwhile, Spider is working in a London restaurant and trying to survive the punishing hours and the lures of female management, and Eddie is trying to handle the rising stardom in the world of professional football.All seems promising for the four friends, but part of this story begins at the end; and poor Spider is sleeping rough. Narrated in two frames; there is a smooth flow to the pace and development, and we are kept guessing from the first revelation, to the finale.