Tuesday 8th June 2010

2007

Engleby

Author : Sebastian Faulks

Summary :
Life story of a nutter who kills a girl whilst a student (and possibly two more). ...
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Reviewed by Roger, on 08 Jun 2010

Review of "Engleby"

Billed as a mystery thriller it wasn't really since it was very obvious that he had killed Jen within a page of it happening. Amazing detail about life as a student at Emma in early 70s including references to known people and events. Turns out that Faulks was there a year or two behind me.


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Thursday 3rd December 2009

Summary :
The ultimate shaggy dog story spun in reams of flighty prose obsessive detail and incomprehensible ...
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Reviewed by Roger, on 03 Dec 2009

Shaggy Dogs Rule OK

The great Tristram Shandy updated and expanded to cover the lives and loves of the Traverse family scions of Webb the anarchist. Resolutions and explanations rendered obselete by the flowing of a great river which carries on as we scramble to the bank and shake the last drops off our bodies.


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