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Rawle, Graham

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Diary of an Amateur Photographer / Rawle, Graham., 1998

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Identifier: CC-46295-49017
Scope and Contents This "is an original and intriguing whodunnit which lays bare the dark side of suburbia and is a testament to Grahm Rawle's extravagant and eccentric talent." The author uses typed pages and manipulated photographs in this cut-up and collaged novel. Amazon.com review: "Michael Whittingham is a 43-year-old unemployed bachelor in England who has decided to take up amateur photography. The instructor has suggested that each student "keep a record of exposure times, shutter speeds and aperture settings. In this way we can learn from our mistakes." But as Michael reveals himself through typed entries in his diary over a 2-week period between Thanksgiving and Christmas, we see an unsavory, egotistical, socially clueless man who mentally justifies his own creepy behavior -- lewdness, peeping in windows, petty thefts, scams for lost-and-found items in classified ads. (Who doesn't know and wonder about people like this, what their internal processes are like?) An ongoing theme is the...
Dates: 1998

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