Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #748112 in Books
• Published on: 2000-05-25
• Binding: Paperback
• 608 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
Author of the hugely popular Rachel's Holiday and Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Marian Keyes is back swinging the doors of heartache and hilarity with Last Chance Saloon. Meet Tara, the rapidly expanding food-loving shopaholic; Katherine, the neat, male-ego-destroying singleton; Fintan, the fashion-conscious lovely, and Lorcan, the gorgeous but rotten redheaded womaniser. Marian Keyes deliberately deploys stereotypical characters and situations, then attempts to subvert the stereotypes, though perhaps in rather obvious ways. Throughout, Tara bores us with her lament that she is at the last chance saloon, meaning that if she ends her current relationship at 31, she's on the shelf for life. "For the first time Tara visualised it and she contracted with fear. It was like being told to jump off a cliff ... 'But what would become of me without Thomas? I'd never get anyone else and I hate not having a man. And it's not something I'm proud of' she added quickly. 'I'm going to puke', Fintan interrupted, urgently." Those who can resist the urge to follow Fintan's lead on the umpteenth rendition of this particular complaint will enjoy the book. It's addictive--reading The Last Chance Saloon is like watching the omnibus edition of Sunset Beach; you know the acting is awful and the same scenes keep on repeating themselves but you can't help being hooked and feeling sated afterwards. At almost 600 pages, settle down for a Saturday afternoon and don't expect to be getting up again until Sunday. --Nicola Perry

Customer Reviews

So Good
This is my first Marian Keyes book i've read, and i really loved it! the characters were all so well written. I even thought Lorcan was hilarious, the way she wrote about his vanity was so funny, how he looked in the mirror and pointed to himself saying "don't go changin'" haha, i loved that bit.

Admittedly, sometimes the main characters of Tara and Katherine were annoying at times. Especially Tara, when she moaned about been fat and then she'd eat a full loaf of toast or something! But i still liked her The only character i didnt really like (or hated) was Thomas, i wanted to punch him! He made my blood boil!

Other characters to love are the fabulous Fintan and his fella Sandro. And of course, Joe Roth. I loved him! There's so many things going on in this book, but i never got confused or anything like that. It was sad at times too, but so hilarious at other times. My next Keyes book i've bought is 'Sushi for Beginners' so i'm looking forward to reading that. I've always maintained Jill Mansell is my fave chick-lit author but Marian Keyes is going to be a close second i feel!

very enjoyable
I really really enjoyed this book - was a brilliant read and I especially loved the character Fintan who deals with his problem so well - definitely must read!!!!

Very enjoyable
Why can't I have a Joe Roth in my office? Do guys like this really exist?