Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
Much admiration was earned by Gavin for having read such a big (900-page)
book. Gavin had taken it on holiday and had enjoyed much of it, though he said that the first 400 pages were a bit tedious in places. He appreciated the "modern" aspects of it - the self-referential asides and the parody, and felt that some was "Garp-like". Don Quixote never understands anything properly and there is much humour. Gavin particularly liked
the invention of a lie in order to explain the truth. Recommended.
Gavin 8/10/00
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