You won't understand the reference until late in the book, but much of it is set in Victorian England and it's pretty funny. Like many authors though, her ending isn't particularly stellar.
I find that's one of the differences between the good and the great: strong endings.
What’s crazy is that my wife recommended the Willis book in complete ignorance of the fact that I was reading Jerome! She thought my daughter and I would enjoy reading it as the next book for our book club. But it’s great to get an additional vote.
I'm as close as I've ever been to deciding to read something by David Foster Wallace, thanks to you. And that British humor book might be an enjoyable read with kids, so thanks for these again.
I just finished a list of his essays “The Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again” and that might be even better to start with. Depending on the essay you read it might even be shorter.
On the subject of relics, I recently learned that parts of St Andrew's body are located in the Roman Catholic cathedral in Edinburgh. He might not have visited Scotland in his lifetime, but he has in death.
For a sci-fi related story to one of your books, try Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77773.To_Say_Nothing_of_the_Dog
You won't understand the reference until late in the book, but much of it is set in Victorian England and it's pretty funny. Like many authors though, her ending isn't particularly stellar.
I find that's one of the differences between the good and the great: strong endings.
What’s crazy is that my wife recommended the Willis book in complete ignorance of the fact that I was reading Jerome! She thought my daughter and I would enjoy reading it as the next book for our book club. But it’s great to get an additional vote.
> They can genetically engineer intelligent chimps (“Simps”) but broader human gene treatments are surprisingly underdeveloped.
Maybe they have a taboo on genetic engineering on humans?
Perhaps. But if so it’s never mentioned.
I'm as close as I've ever been to deciding to read something by David Foster Wallace, thanks to you. And that British humor book might be an enjoyable read with kids, so thanks for these again.
I just finished a list of his essays “The Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again” and that might be even better to start with. Depending on the essay you read it might even be shorter.
On the subject of relics, I recently learned that parts of St Andrew's body are located in the Roman Catholic cathedral in Edinburgh. He might not have visited Scotland in his lifetime, but he has in death.