Off the Shelf
By Suzanne Donahue | Thursday,
November 13, 2014
I think I liked this book initially because it was free but I loved it as soon as I started reading it and it has stuck with me for years. I gave away that first edition to someone I don’t even remember and over the years have given away many subsequent copies as well (another perk of working in publishing) but I never kept a copy for myself. The story was so lodged in my head I didn’t ever need to re-read it. But if you are reviewing something, it’s always good to have it to hand so I borrowed a yellowed mass-market paperback from a friend. Even in a crinkly odd-smelling ancient copy, the story is still the great one I remembered. Certain parts of it, the dead man trying desperately to make a call to his sister, the couch that is stuck halfway up the stairs with a computer program running 24/7 trying to figure out how to get it unstuck are two of the saddest and funniest things I think I have ever read. |
Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Friday, November 14, 2014
A Crazy, Laugh-Out-Loud Funny, Time Travel, Science Fiction Novel You Will Love
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