The Devil's Paintbrush by Jake Arnott (2009)
Read: December 2011
I picked this book up that had been on our shelves for about a year, as I knew it was one that would end up back in the UK. So if I managed to read it and finish it during the holiday I could just leave it there.
It was only after I picked it up that I realised that it was actually a signed copy (!) and that it was actually signed to my dad (I'd thought it was ours, but maybe it was more of a 'loan' copy).
I didn't think it would be such a hard read, but it was difficult to keep track of the characters and where the story was going at times. It was another book of flashbacks and characters that would wander in and out of the narrative. I'd hoped that it would give some more insight into colonialism in Egypt during this time period, but there was very little mention of the setting (and very little set here) which was disappointing.
I did manage to finish the book back in the UK and passed it back to dad. Reassuringly he also wasn't too impressed with it. Guess that was why it ended up on our bookshelf!
Read: December 2011
I picked this book up that had been on our shelves for about a year, as I knew it was one that would end up back in the UK. So if I managed to read it and finish it during the holiday I could just leave it there.
It was only after I picked it up that I realised that it was actually a signed copy (!) and that it was actually signed to my dad (I'd thought it was ours, but maybe it was more of a 'loan' copy).
I didn't think it would be such a hard read, but it was difficult to keep track of the characters and where the story was going at times. It was another book of flashbacks and characters that would wander in and out of the narrative. I'd hoped that it would give some more insight into colonialism in Egypt during this time period, but there was very little mention of the setting (and very little set here) which was disappointing.
I did manage to finish the book back in the UK and passed it back to dad. Reassuringly he also wasn't too impressed with it. Guess that was why it ended up on our bookshelf!
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