B. Chatwin, Utz
A. Christie, Elephants can remember
A. Christie, After the Funeral
P. Druckerman, French children don't throw food
W. Faulkner, The Unvanquished
G. Orwell, A clergyman's daughter
G. Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra flying
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The crack-up, with other pieces and stories
A. Tyler, The tin can tree
I almost gave this to a number of
these, particularly The Unvanquished, not least because the blurb on the back rather coyly refers to it as 'Faulkner's least difficult novel', which would come as a surprise to anyone who started with it. I'm not even sure that Crace was the best of the lot. However, it was different: lyrical, sinuous, with a waspish sense of fun. It wasn't difficult either. It makes for an very enjoyable evening. I've had him on my list for a while; this chance purchase in a discount bookshop confirmed I was right to. I'm off to buy some more of his.
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