De laatste ronde
by:
Graham Swift (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9789023439660 (902343966X)
Publish date: 2000
Publisher: De Bezige Bij
Pages no: 289
Edition language: Dutch
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
Modern,
Death
Upon reading the premise, I remember that the film has been watched: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253200/Dedication: For AlOpening quotes:But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. Urn Burial by Sir Thomas Browne.I do like to be beside the seaside. John A. Glover-KindOpe...
I actually enjoyed the short chapters told from different points of view. In fact, there was one really funny, really short chapter. Sadly, I also felt that the book, despite its excellent tone and prose was about 125 pages too long.
The weird thing about this book is I must have started reading it once before and forget that. Either that or I was having major deja vu, which quite honestly could be the case. I knew so many details that I otherwise can't explain. Maybe I read a review when it was published?Anyway, the book was en...