| Click on Title or Image for details and user reviews. Follow such "New(7) Used(2) from £9.99" links right below the shopping cart to see a list of offers from various sellers (example). |
|
|
The Take | 
 enlarge | Author: Martina Cole
Publisher: Headline
Category: Book
List Price: £17.99
Buy New: £3.27
You Save: £14.72 (82%)
New (14) Used (2) from £3.27
Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 420885
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 1
ISBN: 0755327608
EAN: 9780755327607
ASIN: 0755327608
Publication Date: November 7, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: New
|
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
 Aaaarrrgggghhhhhhh! April 20, 2008
What a let down this one is! quite unreadable and repetitive, about whose characters one could not give a jot. Having skipped paras and pages I gave up on page 113, went to find some wet paint to watch!
 A Well Paced Exciting Read January 11, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've not read a Martina Cole book for over a year and I loved this one, probably more because of the length of time since reading the last one. It seems that most reviewers giving only one or two stars are fairly avid Cole readers and are finding her books fairly similar in types of character, language and storyline. If you've never read a Cole book you will probably love it, if you are already a Cole fan then you will love it only if you try to forget all her other books. The storyline is fast paced and the characters are gritty, raw foul mouthed and foul living. It's an easy read that gives an appalling insight to the lives of drunks, drug takers and aggressive criminals who are just trying to `earn their crust'
 Raw and Passionate November 13, 2007
My first read, by Martina Cole. It's different, raw, a refreshing change and a stunning, yet easy read. Cole draws from her experience in my opinion and in doing so creates highly believable characters and families living on the edge. She cleverly draws the reader in to thinking at times these anti heroes are being put on to a pedestal or even glorified. They're not, these characters are real and Cole helps to illustrate in her writing how these people are created. They are victims of circumstance and only the clever ones will survive. A poignant moment in the book is when two of these parents coerce out of a small child his first word. The word is 'tunt' he can't pronounce it properley but the parents think it's great and within a few days he'll get it right. My own life experience in Newcastle witnessed exactly the same spectacle but with a different swear word, the F word and this time the little boy pronounced it correctly.
Cole mixes the prosse with the narative a little to often for my liking but again she is a natural storyteller and whether she does this by accident or on purpose it works! The last book I read where the author threw away the rule book on writing a novel was Angels's Ashes by Frank McCourt and Martina Cole achieves much the same effect. (In my opinion anyway.) An intelectual might say the book is badly written at times, and that may be the case. But Cole is not writing for the intelectual she is writing for Mr and Mrs Average and she is writing for Mr & Mrs wrapped in cotton wool who perhaps are not aware that these people are out there. The storyline of the book is pacey, and at times disturbing. The last two hundred pages were awesome and I just had to finish them in one sitting. Well worth it.
Boring September 9, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have read all of Martina Coles books and this one was just the same as all the rest and to be honest i'm getting bored of reading about the same thing from her. The amount of swearing was over the top even for her. I have lived most of my life around the areas that the book is set in and I never met anybody like the people in this book. Men who are violent, sleeping around, everybodys scared of them, killing and maiming and even the police are scared of them! Far too ott and not really much of a storyline. Probably won't be reading one of her books again.
What a good read.. August 11, 2007
I love Martina's books and this one did not let me down..
It begins with the release of Frankie from prison and right away you can tell what kind of character he is..incorrigible...with no regard for his wife or anyone..egocentric..you dislike him right away.
His longsuffering,'lush' wife Jackie awaits his return eargerly..Why is she so crazy about this guy?...He is hardly a good husband!
Frankie wants to get back to 'work' but soon learns that his golden crown has tarnished a bit since he has been away and that there is fresh, young talent ready to step into his shoes..that person is his favorite nephew...
There are some great characters in this book; Maggie..the lovely, intelligent and honourable..trying to break the mould in which she was made..
A good read indeed...If you like Martina cole books then you will not be disappointed..
|
We display the lowest priced offers from a list of new and used items. It is clearly indicated right before the displayed price on whether the displayed item is new or used, i.e. "Buy Used: £8.00" or "Buy New: £8.00".
For more options to buy new (or used) just follow the link that looks like this "New (7) Used (2) from £9.99" right below the shopping cart. The link will not be displayed if there is no other offer.
Free UK delivery available for offers from Amazon.co.uk (terms & conditions) with indication of "Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping" (example). Offers from other sellers are subjected to delivery charge of £2.75 per book. More about free delivery, click here. |
|
|
| Browse by genre |
|
Audio CDs
Languages: Michel Thomas Language Courses, Rapid Language Courses, Courses For Children,
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, Gaelic, Irish & Welsh, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Vietnamese
Biographies & Memoirs
Business, Finance & Law
Children's Books: Book & CD Gift Packs, Children's Modern, Classics, Education, Harry Potter, Language, Music
Authors: Blyton, Enid, Rowling, JK, Wynne Jones, Diana
Comedy: Comedy Classic, Contemporary Comedy, Bill Bryson, Billy Connolly, Blackadder, Dead Ringers, Fast Show, Hancock, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Monty Python, Rumpole of the Bailey, The Goon Show
Crime, Thrillers & Mystery: Child, Lee, Christie, Agatha, Cornwell, Patricia, Francis, Dick, Grisham, John, Rankin, Ian, Smith, Wilbur
|
Fiction: Literary Classics, Religious, Unabridged, Western
Health, Family & Lifestyle: Personal Growth, Relaxation & Meditation
History: BC-1500, 1501-1700, 1701-Present, This Sceptered Isle
Horror: Herbert, James, King, Stephen, Koontz, Dean
Music
Poetry & Drama
Radio Shows: Dead Ringers, Hancock, The Goon Show
Religion & Spirituality
Romance: Austen, Jane, Binchy, Maeve, Bingham, Charlotte, Collins, Jackie, Cookson, Catherine, Steel, Danielle
Science Fiction & Fantasy: Fantasy, Science Fiction, DiscWorld, Dr Who, Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, Star Wars, Tolkien
Sports, Hobbies & Games
Travel
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright 2006 © audiohome.co.uk, an audio books store Privacy Notice | Delivery | Customer Service | Buying Guide | Search Audiobooks Quickly | | My favourite authors: |
| In CDs: |
| Adams, Douglas |
| Bennett, Alan |
| Bryson, Bill |
| Christie, Agatha |
| Covey, Stephen R. |
| Cornwell, Patricia |
| Dahl, Roald |
| Dickens, Charles |
| Ludlum, Robert |
| Rowling, JK |
| Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| More authors... |
| |
| In cassettes: |
| Adams, Douglas |
| Bennett, Alan |
| Bryson, Bill |
| Christie, Agatha |
| Cornwell, Patricia |
| Dahl, Roald |
| Dickens, Charles |
| Ludlum, Robert |
| Rice, Anne |
| Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| More authors... |
|
|
|
| Downloads at audible.co.uk |
|
|
|
|
Over 30,000 audio books,