You are probably right. It would be interesting to compare to one of his better novels in the original feuilleton. Still, I fail to see how he can do anything about the nauseating Hector. The whole Burma story could be cut without the novel being any the poorer for it, for example.
We would be reminded much, much less frenquently about Hector's character and attributes if it was a single novel.
I agree with you about the Burma story - it read like a seperate short story he'd just squeezed in. Which makes sense as he'd have been paid, I assume, to make the story fit a set number of editions.
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Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
The Last Cavalier by Alexandre Dumas
- 04/11/2009 11:44:32 AM
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I think I probably liked it more than you
- 04/11/2009 02:53:35 PM
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Re: I think I probably liked it more than you
- 04/11/2009 02:55:41 PM
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I agree with what Jacob said
- 04/11/2009 03:46:38 PM
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