by Patrick Flanery
The blurb of this book, coupled with the popular shelving of “Mystery” and “Thriller” on goodreads, suggested that this was going to be something of a high-drama thriller, with a certain hint of personal madness. Perhaps I went into this book with the wrong mindset, but I don’t think that’s the unde...
Jeremy O’Keefe is a German history professor who is an expert on the Stasi and surveillance on the population. He’s lived in England for the last decade and has come home to take up a position at New York University. He renews his relationship with his daughter but suffers from loneliness. As he p...
Now I understand the negative reviews that I've read about this book. What strives to be a thought provoking commentary on the ever increasing use of surveillance by governmental agencies really turns out to be an unfinished story. For how slowly this plot moves along I would have hoped that there w...
I've tried reading this one a few times... The opening is just dull, and flicking through the rest of the book it seems like 50%-66% of it is all boring inner monologue, with only 33% involving dialogue to mix it up. Will try again, by for now I'm putting it aside in favour of other, more interestin...
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