Temporal Reviews: Tommy's Tale

Tommy's Tale is the first novel by renaissance man Alam Cumming, whom you may know from The Anniversary Party, Cabaret, or X-Men 2.

Cumming himself is a rather impish character, and the narrator (Tommy) in Tommy's Tale sounds a lot like the persona Cumming eminates.

I enjoyed Tommy's Tale - written in the manner of a memoir. The free-loving Tommy is an engaging character, even as he makes terrible life choices, we can't help but like him and want to ruffle his hair.

Cumming is very clever, not just in characterization and plot but also in the form of the novel. It felt to me a little like a cross between Nick Hornby and Augusten Burroughs. Very funny, yet with lots of emotions under the surface.

All in all, a very enjoyable read - unless you have issues with drug use, lots of sex, lots of drug use during sex, descriptions of bodily functions, etc.