Arislan Haikal Haikal থেকে Njoro, Kenya
4.5 stars - this is a really good book and a fast read too!
This was a very well-written book -- one of those sparse but surprisingly descriptive prose numbers. But I had difficulty relating to the figure of the aging white male quasi-estranged from his family and mired in memories of a bittersweet childhood summer at the sea. I mean, is this supposed to be some kind of eternal figure? Because there is really nothing for me there. The book did win the Booker Prize, which means the aging white males judging the Booker probably felt a lot more in common with the protagonist and with the themes than I did.