The Drowning People (Paperback)

from mamashepp

Another example of a fine book which would have been so much better with fewer pages. Mason has a tendency to want to hold your hand and explain everything to the reader. I'm not spoiling anything my saying that the narrator has killed his wife so the entire book is spent explaining what led up t...

from TigsW

I read this book after being completely captivated by the author's more recent book, Natural Elements. On starting this book, I did not know that it was amongst his first novels, written at a very young age. It is a remarkable achievement given that the author wrote it when he was around 18-20 ye...

from mamashepp

Another example of a fine book which would have been so much better with fewer pages. Mason has a tendency to want to hold your hand and explain everything to the reader. I'm not spoiling anything my saying that the narrator has killed his wife so the entire book is spent explaining what led up t...

from mamashepp

Another example of a fine book which would have been so much better with fewer pages. Mason has a tendency to want to hold your hand and explain everything to the reader. I'm not spoiling anything my saying that the narrator has killed his wife so the entire book is spent explaining what led up t...

from TigsW

I read this book after being completely captivated by the author's more recent book, Natural Elements. On starting this book, I did not know that it was amongst his first novels, written at a very young age. It is a remarkable achievement given that the author wrote it when he was around 18-20 ye...