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I've read Ghostwritten.
Generally it was excellent. Very ambitious, and generally it managed to maintain a sufficient level of quality to fulfill it's ambition. There were occasional sections I thought were absolutely cringeworthy (the chapters set in London and Ireland), and most of the attempts at humour were pretty dreadful, but the many good bits more than made up for that.
It suceeded where many others have failed, in that it was a modern-literary-fiction-magical-realism-Guardian-reading-trendy-bollocks-modern-novel book that I actually found really interesting, engaging and enjoyable. The little bits of sci-fi creeping in around the edges were a particular treat.
Oddly, it's possibly the first book in history that my brother, my mother and myself have all read and all enjoyed.
I hear his new book is in part a John Wyndham style disaster thingy, so naturally I'd be interested in checking that out.. |
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I've been finding that each time shift starts out feeling a little bit awkward, but it evens out as it goes along.