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inulro24. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
This was part of the haul of books I bought around Hallowe'en because of Neil Gaiman and Joe Hill. The last time I read it, I was younger than the protagonists in the book. This time I read most of it on the plane on the way to the US.
One seriously scary book, beautifully written. Nothing creepier than Midwestern Gothic. Go read it. Now.
25. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Given that The Poisonwood Bible is one of my all-time favourite books, it's pretty bad that it's taken me this long to get round to reading the "new" one.
It's the story of half-Mexican, half-American Harrison Shepherd, whose mother takes him from his American home to Mexico when he is 12. He eventually ends up working for Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo and becomes personal secretary to Leon Trotsky when he is exiled in the Rivera household. He blames himself for Trotsky's assassination and goes back to the States, where he becomes a successful author. Until he comes to the attention McCarthyite communist witch hunts.
While I didn't love it as much as The Poisonwood Bible and it's a little slow to start, it's very good indeed and I ripped through the last half of it (which is a lot of book) in two days.
This was part of the haul of books I bought around Hallowe'en because of Neil Gaiman and Joe Hill. The last time I read it, I was younger than the protagonists in the book. This time I read most of it on the plane on the way to the US.
One seriously scary book, beautifully written. Nothing creepier than Midwestern Gothic. Go read it. Now.
25. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Given that The Poisonwood Bible is one of my all-time favourite books, it's pretty bad that it's taken me this long to get round to reading the "new" one.
It's the story of half-Mexican, half-American Harrison Shepherd, whose mother takes him from his American home to Mexico when he is 12. He eventually ends up working for Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo and becomes personal secretary to Leon Trotsky when he is exiled in the Rivera household. He blames himself for Trotsky's assassination and goes back to the States, where he becomes a successful author. Until he comes to the attention McCarthyite communist witch hunts.
While I didn't love it as much as The Poisonwood Bible and it's a little slow to start, it's very good indeed and I ripped through the last half of it (which is a lot of book) in two days.
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Date: 2011-05-01 06:34 pm (UTC)The film of the book is also surprisingly good!