tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156711476329086506.post5656032567802502769..comments2023-10-28T16:32:49.824-06:00Comments on Lindy Reads and Reviews: The Book of Fame by Lloyd JonesLindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394647553208708858noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156711476329086506.post-82387722376527722232011-08-17T12:10:22.353-06:002011-08-17T12:10:22.353-06:00Thank you for the gift of this book, Claire. I rec...Thank you for the gift of this book, Claire. I recommended it to someone else at the library yesterday.Lindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394647553208708858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156711476329086506.post-67337347374462970912011-08-15T18:51:36.560-06:002011-08-15T18:51:36.560-06:00Glad you liked it, Lindy: so did I, and I'm SO...Glad you liked it, Lindy: so did I, and I'm SO NOT a sports fan. It was very lyrical... One of the things I also really liked was the way these men would have been taught to consider far-away England as "Home", yet it wasn't. <br /><br />I'd forgotten about the first-person plural. Another NZ writer who employs it effectively is Carl Nixon, in a novel called Rocking Horse Road. But that's not a novel where you can feel for people in the way you do with The Book of Fame.Claire Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549609289169890919noreply@blogger.com