"A,B&E" Ranges over many themes and has many cultural targets. Normally when happy slapped, the victims reel away concussed. Within the novel however, some may feel quite proud of their 'slapped' status and see it as some sort of affirmation. I offer you the lists and you can decide which might be which.
Oxbridge Colleges The Greek Tourist Board Pyramid Selling Identity Parades Abstract Expressionism Ancient Greece Chavs, Pikeys, Neds, Hoodies, Hoolies Analogue Cameras The Black Market Kiss And Tell Self-Impalement Happy Hours One Night Stands Hedonism Redtops British Gangsters Stags and Hens Neo-Colonialists Public Libraries Private Education Patients The 1980's Trustafarians Butterfly Collectors Serious Crime Squad Hospital Chapel Tunic & Trousers Cocktails Two Flat Back Fours The Neck Sophrosyne Eros |
Oxbridge Dons Club 18-30 Protection Schemes Identity Theft Abstract Expressionism Ancient Rome Chavs, Pikeys, Neds, Hoodies, Hoolies Camera Phones The Long Tail Kill and Tell Tattoos & Piercings Duty Free Tourist Flings Happiness Broadsheets gone tabloid Eastern European Gangsters Bacchus and Dionysus Ex-Patriates Bibliotecha School of Life Nurses The 1990's Soap Dodgers Dissectors Vice Squad Staff Refectory Blouse, wimple, stockings Ouzo Beast With Two Backs The Breasts Hubris Thanatos |