A number of different stories converging on an Arab young man’s search for martyrdom in te streets of Luton. Well written and up to te very end you have no idea wich way the book will go. will he blow himself up or will he not. A lovely diary is being read in paralel by one of the main characters of his great uncle who went to fight the fascists in Spain which I guess tries to show the idealism of the different generations and perhaps the futility of it.
Thursday 18 October 2007
Saturday 13 October 2007
Kisscut by Karin Slaughter
In Kisscut Karin Slaughter has handled the dreadful subject of child abuse without any histrionics, which are an inherent danger for any author considering a story in which child abuse could be a theme. She has fashioned her story with deftness and intelligence, developing her characters within the complex framework of a gruesome set of crimes and yet as well as the gory details, you know them all better than you did at the end of the last book.
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