[ebooktalk] Re: SEEING THE UPSIDE
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 18:05:05 +0100
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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