A personal account of how the literature of his youth affected the development and attitudes of one particular individual; I enjoyed the intention of the book but less so the style. How he could recall his childhood reactions to various books in such detail is beyond me and that, linked to his integration of his sister's tragic life into the narrative, left me feeling that an interesting venture hadn't quite come off. A Curate's egg.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 22 February 2004 ) |
