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Nicole Abadie

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355 total appearances

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The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

And it is as funny as it is dark.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

It's dark, dark satire, but it's shot through with bursts of humour.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

He's a 15-year-old businessman, Kate, who says that he lives in a refugee camp.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

His older brother has, he believes, been sold by his father to the US Army and

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

And all he can think about is making money.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

He says, I think of life as a business opportunity.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

And he regards himself as a young entrepreneur.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

He's one of the narrators.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

And he's a bit of an interesting paradox as well.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

We hear a lot from him about his business ventures and his aspirations.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

But there are times where we see very clearly that he is really just a young teenage boy who's dealing with two parents who are deeply depressed.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

and an older brother who's missing.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

Nobody knows whether he's working for the Americans, whether he's alive or whether he's dead.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

And he has, Momo has a dog called Mutt, who is really the philosopher of the novel.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

And he is one of the three narrators of the novel.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

This is really what goes on inside a dog's head.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

I know.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

He is funny as well.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

Mutt is very funny.

The Bookshelf
On Mark Brandi's The Rip, Dervla McTiernan's The Scholar, Leïla Slimani's Adèle and Mohammed Hanif's Red Birds

A lot of his observations are very witty, especially his observations about humans.