In his debut novel Tommy's Tale, Alan Cumming writes like the love child of Nick Hornby and Dan Savage. His protagonist, Tommy, an E-popping, pansexual Londoner, reads like one of Hornby's won't-grow-up urban Peter Pans/5(49). Tommy is twenty-nine, lives and loves in London, and has a morbid fear of the c word -- commitment, the b word -- boyfriend, and the f word -- forgetting to call his drug dealer before the weekend. But when he begins to feel the urge to become a father, he starts to wonder if his . This book is more a series of social ramblings. Though realistic, it's not so much a story as it is a character portrait. Characters have to be very bold if you're going to write a book purely about them (and not a larger picture.) which 'Tommy' does not quite live up to. Alan states that this book is in no way autobiographical and is purely fiction/5(49).
Alan Cumming, OBE, is a Scottish-American stage, television and film actor. His roles have included Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy. He has also appeared in independent films like The Anniversary Party, which he wrote, directed and starred; and Ali Selim's Sweet Land for which he won an Independent Spirit award as producer. In his debut novel Tommy's Tale, Alan Cumming writes like the love child of Nick Hornby and Dan bltadwin.ru protagonist, Tommy, an E-popping, pansexual Londoner, reads like one of Hornby's won't-grow-up urban Peter Pans. The plot, of course, lies in seeing these characters dragged kicking and screaming into adulthood. Buy Tommy's Tale: A Novel of Sex, Confusion, and Happy Endings Reprint by Cumming, Alan (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Tommy's Tale is my debut novel, and was published by Harper Collins in the US and Penguin in the UK. The US edition was first, in September , with the UK edition following in April Chapter Six of the novel, entitled The Disabled Loo, is included in the anthology Best American Erotica Tommy's Tale is Alan Cumming's debut novel. I don't know Cumming's work as an actor but I thoroughly enjoyed his novel. I tore through it in a day, pausing occasionally to laugh myself silly. The novel is told in diary form akin to the Adrian Mole series, Georgia Nicolson series or the Bridget Jones series. This book is more a series of social ramblings. Though realistic, it's not so much a story as it is a character portrait. Characters have to be very bold if you're going to write a book purely about them (and not a larger picture.) which 'Tommy' does not quite live up to. Alan states that this book is in no way autobiographical and is purely fiction.
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