Book review: Nick Earls strikes a sombre note beneath the slapstick in Analogue Men

By Daniel Herborn
Updated October 2 2014 - 10:08am, first published September 21 2014 - 12:15am
In Nick Earl's <i>Analogue Men</i> there's there's something sombre beneath the laughs, a lingering sense of disconnection and decay.
In Nick Earl's <i>Analogue Men</i> there's there's something sombre beneath the laughs, a lingering sense of disconnection and decay.
National treasure: Nick Earles made his name with summery comic tales of tongue-tied romantics but he has long since settled into darker territory, casting a wry eye over a world of middle-aged frailty, misplaced lust and frustration.
National treasure: Nick Earles made his name with summery comic tales of tongue-tied romantics but he has long since settled into darker territory, casting a wry eye over a world of middle-aged frailty, misplaced lust and frustration.
In Nick Earl's <i>Analogue Men</i> there's there's something sombre beneath the laughs, a lingering sense of disconnection and decay.
In Nick Earl's <i>Analogue Men</i> there's there's something sombre beneath the laughs, a lingering sense of disconnection and decay.
National treasure: Nick Earles made his name with summery comic tales of tongue-tied romantics but he has long since settled into darker territory, casting a wry eye over a world of middle-aged frailty, misplaced lust and frustration.
National treasure: Nick Earles made his name with summery comic tales of tongue-tied romantics but he has long since settled into darker territory, casting a wry eye over a world of middle-aged frailty, misplaced lust and frustration.
In Nick Earl's <i>Analogue Men</i> there's there's something sombre beneath the laughs, a lingering sense of disconnection and decay.
In Nick Earl's <i>Analogue Men</i> there's there's something sombre beneath the laughs, a lingering sense of disconnection and decay.
National treasure: Nick Earles made his name with summery comic tales of tongue-tied romantics but he has long since settled into darker territory, casting a wry eye over a world of middle-aged frailty, misplaced lust and frustration.
National treasure: Nick Earles made his name with summery comic tales of tongue-tied romantics but he has long since settled into darker territory, casting a wry eye over a world of middle-aged frailty, misplaced lust and frustration.
National treasure: Nick Earles made his name with summery comic tales of tongue-tied romantics.
National treasure: Nick Earles made his name with summery comic tales of tongue-tied romantics.

ANALOGUE MEN
Nick Earls
Random House, $32.99

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