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A review by caterinaanna
The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives by Sebastian Faulks
3.0
While the three mini-biographies in this volume were clearly told, I reamin unsure as to why it recieved plaudits. There were some links between the lives and fates of the men that justified putting them together but for me it was nothing special, sorry.
The story of the self-destructive airman was the most powerful - maybe because of it's position at the end it gained strength by being an implicit commentary on the other two lives ... or is that just me trying to be as deep as a more literary reviewer?
The edition I have is not one that is shown - a Vintage paperback with a detail from a Blake painting (the same one used on the front of some editions of [b:Skellig|24271|Skellig|David Almond|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167521072s/24271.jpg|960] I think) on the cover. I read about Wood's painttings blind as I was unaware some had been reproduced in the plates section - a pointer to them would have been nice for someone who doesn't automatically turn to the pictures first but takes them in their place as a diversion.
This will probably become a BookCrossing book in due course, as I am not bursting to re-read it.
The story of the self-destructive airman was the most powerful - maybe because of it's position at the end it gained strength by being an implicit commentary on the other two lives ... or is that just me trying to be as deep as a more literary reviewer?
The edition I have is not one that is shown - a Vintage paperback with a detail from a Blake painting (the same one used on the front of some editions of [b:Skellig|24271|Skellig|David Almond|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167521072s/24271.jpg|960] I think) on the cover. I read about Wood's painttings blind as I was unaware some had been reproduced in the plates section - a pointer to them would have been nice for someone who doesn't automatically turn to the pictures first but takes them in their place as a diversion.
This will probably become a BookCrossing book in due course, as I am not bursting to re-read it.