tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post9048126736885567799..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: The life of a professional novelistJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-65873971904684895292007-01-15T10:24:00.000-05:002007-01-15T10:24:00.000-05:00Am halfway through Restless and will finish today....Am halfway through Restless and will finish today. With just about any other writer this book would have pissed me off big-time because I detest the structure of one chapter to one character, next chapter to 2nd character, next chapter back to first, next chapter to second, etc. His device about reading a story about a character rather than it being first person makes it more palateable (sp) but I have quit a lot of books in my life because of the structural lack of interest and grade C- for ingenuity. But William Boyd gets a free pass. I am absolutely loving the book and stretching it out to last 2 sessions. It is one of those books where I am so sorry I am reading it because I will never again have the joy of reading it for the first time again. I also think Brazzaville Beach is in that category although I have re-read it.<br />rubyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com