“Kitty Finch is the enigmatic powder keg of a character who is allowed to disrupt a family and friends holiday in southern France, when she appears in their swimming pool naked…
This is a little literary gem. Complex and thoughtful.
Shortlisted for the Booker.
Score 7/10
Date read November 2012
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“Shortlisted for this year’s Booker prize but not the winner.
Funny and clever, although a little long winded, though this might be just my fault for taking a reading break halfway through.
Egon Loeser is a sex-starved struggling set designer with an obsession for a time travel.
He meets a woman and falls head over heels in love with her. Following her trail from Berlin, Paris and Los Angeles in the hope she will sleep with him.
Some very funny bits to this book, give it a read. 7.5/10
Score 7.5/10
Date read November 2012
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“OK so it’s not exactly Modern Fiction but it is a 20C classic, and how many other book titles have entered the English speaking language as a common phrase?
I’m not going to waste time telling you what I think, other than I sort of enjoyed it but it did go on a bit too! But read it yourself it is definitely worth the time.
Here is a quote to think about…
‘There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he were sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn’t have to; but if he didn’t want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle’
This was a spectacular debut novel, in 1994 he wrote a sequel to Catch 22 called Closing Time, if you have read this please post a comment of your opinion.
Score 5.5/10
Date read August 2012
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“Of all the books I’ve read recently this is the one I’m keenest to hear what other people think of it.
Longlisted for the 2012 Booker longlist…hope it makes it to the short list
A short 200 page debut novel by a tiny independent pubublish (Salt… well done to you guys by the way), Alison Moore has delivered a very readable but somewhat complex story of a middle aged man who goes away and walks and thinks, do I like him, am I supposed to? Is he a wimp or is he a loner?
I finished this with more questions… it will make an excellent readers group book.
Score 7.5/10
Date read August 2012
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