Basic Premise:
The story of two men, who have an rather strange, seemingly one way friendship. However, these men are tightly linked by their mutual friendship and past relationships with a woman named Molly, a woman who seems to have been free spirtited and had a great effect on everyone she met. However, now dead and gone, the two men feel isolated in the world, slowly realising that their one true friend is gone.
Verdict so far:
Well, this won the booker in '96, and I can see why! The narrative has a beautifully crafted, but almost cynical feel to it, descriptions are lush and dialogue is edgy and witty. I'm about half way through and I love it! McEwan leads you in with little snippets from the past, and I can't wait to unearth the mysteries of these mens past.
On The Wishlist
Book that I haven't bought yet, but want to read:
- The rest of the "Dark Tower" Series, by Stephen King
- The rest of the Ishiguro books that I haven't yet read
- The rest of Shakespeare's works that I don't yet own.
- "A Place Called Here" by Cecelia Ahern
- "Dragons of the Dwarven Depths: The Dark Chronicles Volume One" by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.