Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye.
The Absolutist by John Boyne
Why I have it: Because I loved The Heart’s Invisible Furies (and Striped Pajamas) and now I’ll probably have a Boyne binge.
Summary: 1919 – Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a package of letters to the sister of Will Bancroft, the man he fought alongside during the Great War. But there’s more to his visit than the letters.
I’m thinking: Yes.
Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
Why I have it: No idea.
Summary: Essays about everything from whether lobsters feel pain and the wars between dictionary writers to the adult video ‘Academy Awards’ and the three-ring circus of a vicious presidential race.
I’m thinking: No.
Montpelier Parade by Karl Geary
Why I have it: Spotted on Reading Matters.
Summary: High-school student Sonny works with his father in the garden of a large house on Montpelier Parade. He meets Vera, the sort of person who seems destined to remain forever out of his reach.
I’m thinking: Yes.
Well, you know what I’m going to suggest you read, don’t you? 😉 Thanks for the link.
I really like the sound of The Absolutist. I’m yet to read any Boyne!
The Absolutist would be my first choice. In fact I think I already have a copy in my TBR too
I’m a sucker for collecting essay collections, but if I’m honest so many of them go unread. I’m prone to wandering off 😉
The Absolutist is the backlist Boyne I’m most interested in. I actually loved Consider the Lobster; I’ve not read any of DFW’s fiction, but his essays are brilliant, especially the title one on animal pain and consciousness.
I think that’s the chapter I want to read and would be happy to leave the rest!
I’m a huge reader of WWII and The Absolutist has been on my TBR for an embarrassingly long time. That David Foster Wallace book sounds bizarre. I tried Infinite Jest once (didn’t make it through, shocker) and oddly haven’t had the desire to pick up anything else of his. haha