Brother of the More Famous Jack (Black Swan S.)
Registered by Nell-Lu of Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on 8/19/2006
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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This is the wonderful Barbara Trapido's first book. It is glorious - both a light-hearted easy-to-read romp and a detailed study of family, relationships, class, nationality and personal growth. Trapido's writing is witty and understated. She makes each of her sentences do a lot of work: this book is a slim 224pp yet covers half a life. Her characters are three dimensional and very appealing, despite their faults. I've read this book - and Trapido's other novels - over and over, and it's marvellous every time!
The plot is simple and in many ways uneventful. The main character, Katherine, is drawn to the Goldman family while still a student. She then travels and lives her life, before returning to England, the Goldmans, and a measure of adulthood and tranquillity. The TLS described it as "A sort of bohemian Brideshead Revisited", which is a pretty good description of the plot if not the atmosphere. Trapido's magic is to take these simple elements and make an enthralling pageturner out of them.
This copy has different covers from those shown here. I found it in a charity shop and bought it for wild release during the Edinburgh festival in August 2006.
The plot is simple and in many ways uneventful. The main character, Katherine, is drawn to the Goldman family while still a student. She then travels and lives her life, before returning to England, the Goldmans, and a measure of adulthood and tranquillity. The TLS described it as "A sort of bohemian Brideshead Revisited", which is a pretty good description of the plot if not the atmosphere. Trapido's magic is to take these simple elements and make an enthralling pageturner out of them.
This copy has different covers from those shown here. I found it in a charity shop and bought it for wild release during the Edinburgh festival in August 2006.
Journal Entry 2 by Nell-Lu at -- Trains, Trams, Buses, Taxi 🚕 in Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Sunday, September 3, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (9/4/2006 UTC) at -- Trains, Trams, Buses, Taxi 🚕 in Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom
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I'll leave this at the Waverley Bridge bus stop for the airport bus, about 9am tomorrow morning.
This is my last Festival release - celebrating the end of the festival and the fact that I'm heading off on holiday! If you've found this book - welcome to BookCrossing! I hope you enjoy Brother of the More Famous Jack and then pass it on to someone else. I'd love to find out where it has travelled to and read your review. You can stay completely anonymous if you prefer, or you can join BookCrossing (it's free) if you'd like to take part in this booklovers' community.
I'll leave this at the Waverley Bridge bus stop for the airport bus, about 9am tomorrow morning.
This is my last Festival release - celebrating the end of the festival and the fact that I'm heading off on holiday! If you've found this book - welcome to BookCrossing! I hope you enjoy Brother of the More Famous Jack and then pass it on to someone else. I'd love to find out where it has travelled to and read your review. You can stay completely anonymous if you prefer, or you can join BookCrossing (it's free) if you'd like to take part in this booklovers' community.
