Subtle Bodies (Hardcover)

from zmagic69

This was one of the most boring books I have read in a long time. The back of it made me think of The Quarry by Iain Banks or The Big Chill. Instead it took those story lines, getting together old friends for a death as in The Big Chill, or pending death as in the Quarry, but populated the story ...

from DougJ110

The writing was indicative of a writer with an unimaginative command of the english language. Given Norman Rush's stellar reputation, this work was a major letdown.

from rmckeown

Occasionally, a second or third read of an author I admire comes off as something of a disappointment. Norman Rush won the National Book Award in 1991 for his first novel, Mating. This novel explores the idea and the practice of love and is set in Botswana. It tells the story of a young woman wor...