A review by scarpuccia
Dancing Fish and Ammonites: A Memoir by Penelope Lively

2.0

I learned Penelope Lively’s three favourite novels are What Daisy Knew by Henry James, The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford and The Inheritors by William Golding. I’d like to say I learned lots more of interest from Lively but I’m afraid I didn’t. I was often rather bored by her musings in this book of rather disconnected essays. I’d describe this as a pastime rather than any kind of inspired performance. Overall it came across as a writer writing for the sake of it. I’ve got a lot of love for Penelope Lively but this felt like a waste of my time.