Weird weird weird
Loved it in places, loathed it in places. Very wordy, very strange and I'm just not sure what it's all about.

Hmmmmm

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Will take along to the Kingston meet for my bc buddies to enjoy x

HA! This sneaky book managed in some mysterious way to still be in my house, despite the Kingston meet. I fear it has attached itself to me and thus I am taking it to the USA for release. Let's see it try to find its way back to Wimbledon from there!!!!

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Taking to the very jolly NYC bookcrossing meet for it to make new friends...freaky book!

I like quirky, and so I picked this one up from our friends across the pond, along with a dinky little Marmite and some lovely conversation.

The writing is very smart and there are some fascinating dialogues and insights. It made me think of Camus' "The Stranger"-- the alienated, isolated soul looking at the world as if it is another planet. The insights here are about the disturbing recesses of childhood, especially when puberty brings them into high relief and forces the transition to adulthood. But I'd quibble with the structure of the book-- you know something dreadful will happen and of course it does right in the very last pages. But Dufosse is no Hitchcock, and for me the "suspense" element falls flat.
The book won the French "First Novel" top prize in 2002, and the author has since written two more books.

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On the free book shelf-- great selection! Check it out!