The River King
Alice Hoffman
Andrew chose to read this after The Anatomy School because he
thought it would be completely different in style and content: an
American female author likened to Anne Tyler and a story set in
small-town America. In fact, the two books had much in common,
including Andrew's conclusion that they weren't much good. Andrew
didn't like the author's carping tone (a feature which he had
detected in another of her stories but which he had hoped was
exclusive to that book) and "the element of the fantastic" which
wasn't fantastic at all. "Just not that good" said Doreen who had
read this one already.
Andrew 30/3/03
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