I gave up on this one after finishing part one of three.
He is a well respected historian and this the first step into fiction, historical fiction.
The beginning of the Russian revolution a for me a bit to cosy a novel for something that would be a lot darker and dangerous than comes across.
Score 4/10
Date read March 2009
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Booker shortlist and Costa winner.
Literary, well written and accessible. Our latest book group read.
Set on the west coast of Ireland Co Sligo 1900’s in a crumbling mental home. Roseanne has been a patient here for 60 years and when the hospital has to close Dr Greene has to access her to see where she should be placed.
We find out how she gets here and the horrible way clergy and men treated women in those times.
Score 7.5/10
Date read March 2009
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Frank being Frank Lloyd Wright the famous American architect who in 1907 runs off with a clients wife. Then not the thing to do and much is made of this, how shocking it was etc. Scandalously they leave their respective partners and children for love. So it all ends in tears with a totally unsuspected conclusion. Our book group average score of 4/10
Score 5.5/10
Date read October 2008
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First novel and has good reviews.
Typical of critics to like this when it misses the mark. For me it tries to be to many things…is it a ghost story, a romance, a crime mystery or a historical novel? In parts this is good.
The story in a nutshell, A women is writing a biog of Isaac Newton, she believes he may have been a murderer who stands to gain rank as the top man in Cambridge University. So bring on a murderer in 1660 and you have historical literary thriller, don’t believe the hype or the blurb.
Score 4.5/10
Date read August 2008
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