Brazzaville Beach
by:
William Boyd (author)
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780380713851 (0380713853)
Publisher: Avon Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
War,
Contemporary
Here's where I'll probably stop, page 244.Finding this book was a marvelous and strange coincidence. It was one of two or three English books from a lonely, hodgepodge street seller at a quite remote metro stop in Sofia, Bulgaria. It's lucky and strange that I found this fictional reminder that alle...
A good, solid 3 1/2 stars. I especially enjoyed the structure of the narrative. 2 parts in the past, one part in the present. All intertwined, all connected. Hope, stands tall and strong throughout the novel. She knows she is adrift personally and professionally and doesn't try to lie to herself abo...
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