I've been making increasingly half-hearted attempts at The Biographer's Tale for about three years, and never getting anywhere at all. I was so excited about it when I first found it, because I was working for a psychometric test publisher, and Francis Galton is one of the people credited with inventing the things, but I never clicked with it. Glad it's not just me ;-)
I did rather like the beginning bits of Atonement, but Adele Geras's Facing the Light does the same country house party stuff much better, without getting bogged down in war (and without the horrible ending). Shame about the title, though.
Oh, and Behind the Scenes at the Museum! I'd forgotten about that - it's my favourite of hers, and the only one I don't own. Must put those WHSmith vouchers to use...
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Date: 2004-01-05 08:49 am (UTC)I did rather like the beginning bits of Atonement, but Adele Geras's Facing the Light does the same country house party stuff much better, without getting bogged down in war (and without the horrible ending). Shame about the title, though.
Oh, and Behind the Scenes at the Museum! I'd forgotten about that - it's my favourite of hers, and the only one I don't own. Must put those WHSmith vouchers to use...