by Penelope Fitzgerald, Alan Hollinghurst
Short and wonderfully written novel about a small group of misfits living on barges along the Thames in London. Fitzgerald manages to be sharp, funny, and compassionate toward her characters and the terrific writing about the big tidal river is informed by her own time spent living on a boat in Lond...
Penelope, oh Penelope!I'm not sure I know how to explain this... But, please, let me try once for all.Well...the thing is that I'm afraid there is something missing between us. Something which is left untold, unwritten, unread. Something that doesn't quite fit in the whole picture of a perfect write...