“Terrific form from one of my favourite authors.
More linear than some works, goes into some mystical realism, fantastically biting characters. Top form.
Stop reading crap books and read this!
Our book club score 8/10 mine 8.5/10
Score 8.5/10
Date read October 2014
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“Our New Yorker runs away from a broken relationship taking up an offer of a rather odd job in Dubai. We follow him through this and read via the first person. Where it gets clever is the constant internal debates he has with himself, writing imaginary emails in his head he’ll never send.
Listed in the long list of the Booker, I liked it and give it a 7/10, our book group scored it 7.75/10
Score 7/10
Date read August 2014
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“Here is a fine debut novel, he has gone on to write plenty more but this as a first novel is remarkable.
If all publishers had the balls to take on something new and different the literary world would be a far better place.
Mitchell has created a host of characters all of which show a terrific skill of writing, not all of it comes together or is meant too.
Score 8/10
Date read August 2014
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“There is a reason why books get called classics, it’s because there is something about the writing or the novel which stands the test of time, this does it with some aplomb.
Cannery Row is more about 40’s America and everyday people in a rough area on the coast of California.
What Steinbeck does is create larger than life characters who you quickly warm to, Mack and Doc are brilliant. Some really lovely moments and situations. Unlike some other work by him I didn’t feel depressed by American life portrayed of the era.
Score 7.5/10
Date read June 2014
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