[ebooktalk] Re: SEEING THE UPSIDE
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:14:54 +0100
I've actively hated some of the books by him including amsterdam and Saturday.
I think he takes the idea of the literary conceit too far in the latter and
contrived plotting too far in the former. but I loved Atonement and greatly
admired The comfort of strangers. It would be wrong to say I enjoyed or even
liked it. It's much too uncomfortable for that.
On 6 Jun 2013, at 07:40, Shell wrote:
> Thanks Ian, I have it and have only recently read a McKewan and need a bit of
> a break between his books.
> Cheers,
> Shell.
>
>
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> From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:30 PM
> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: SEEING THE UPSIDE
>
> > Shall I post it or can you access it on your computer Shell?
> > On 5 Jun 2013, at 18:05, Shell wrote:
> >
> >> I would like to read that book Ian, I'm interested in his novels.
> >> Shell.
> >>
> >>
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> >> From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:57 PM
> >> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [ebooktalk] SEEING THE UPSIDE
> >>
> >> > Today has been filled with frustration as I've grappled with the soviet
> >> > style bureaucracy which surrounds renewing my blue badge in Ealing.
> >> > However, the time that I've spent doing this has also enabled me to read
> >> > an entire book. It's one which has been mentioned on this list before,
> >> > The comfort of Strangers by Ian McKewan. It is not a book to be taken
> >> > lightly if, like me you live with high levels of anxiety. the threat of
> >> > the indeterminate evil is very unsettling and this is part of the
> >> > achievement of the book so that the end comes almost as a relief, and
> >> > not just to the reader but to one of the protagonists too. He's another
> >> > author of whom I'm usually wary having had some bad trips into his
> >> > fiction, but this was gripping and helped me keep my temper in check.
> >> >
> >
> >
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