dragons1966's review
3.0
This book was written by John Barclay as a result of his trying to fins out more about his father, who had died when John was a small child. He wrote it as a novel because of the almost complete lack of information about his father, and that works well. It's an interesting story, quite well told, except for one thing: there are so many non-verbs turned into verb forms that it really grated on me to the point that I was tempted at times to put the book away. Some examples:
his thoughts disconsolated, he generoused whisky into the glass, mouthfulled water, phoenixed from his squat, prisoners raggeding from huts, berthed him widely, three months snailed past, awolled from camp
And that is from a short morning's read, I gave up writing any more down.
his thoughts disconsolated, he generoused whisky into the glass, mouthfulled water, phoenixed from his squat, prisoners raggeding from huts, berthed him widely, three months snailed past, awolled from camp
And that is from a short morning's read, I gave up writing any more down.
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