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Meredith Sorensen

Big Bad Bruce by Dianne Bates and Phoebe Middleton & When Hunger Calls by Bert Kitchen

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October 1994, no. 165
Meredith Sorensen reviews 'Big Bad Bruce' by Dianne Bates and Phoebe Middleton, 'When Hunger Calls' by Bert Kitchen, and 'The Grocer’s Daughter' by Nigel Gray and David Mackintosh

Bates and Middleton are certainly valiant in their attempts to make a giant hollow rampaging male ego appear cute in Big Bad Bruce. Just look at it go! Indiscriminately swallowing everything in sight, making its way through the world astride a giant throbbing machine. But don’t toss this big glossy number aside – it can serve an excellent purpose. Treat it, allow me to suggest, thus.

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