And into the cool light of day. Well, the last volume in any case. Found Fug really hard going, but now things have started to happen again (metaphorically of course) in the final volume I've read nearly 30 pages without once looking to see how far I've got to go.
Oh.
Ah well.
He doesn't really do plot does he? Just has arbitrary things happen at the end of books so he can spend the next one wittering on about the arbitrary thing that happened at the end of the last one. Found the twist about Saint-Loup interesting but not surprising, really, but most damning of all I don't at this stage particularly care for either of them so it didn't have any real emotional impact.
I did however very much like Marcel's misreading of Gilberte's interest in him, which did feel very true to life.
As ever it seems there are little nuggets of brilliance in there somewhere, it's just wading through the rest of it that's the challenge...
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Yes, I also confess to finding this patchiness very apparent in the last two volumes. TR is better than Cap/Fug, but still has dodgy bits - beware of p.200-280.
Well done Monsieur - keep going - Garrood birthday smugness is the aim.
I was about to launch a defence of Fug - but I'm struggling to remember what exactly happened in it (other than a trip to Venice and Saint-Loup being outted). TR is very enjoyable at times, much darker but be aware that after the first 100 pages it all becomes largely psychological and Will is right about pages 200-280. The best bit comes earlier when Marcel/"Marcel" turns private eye and makes a very disturbing discovery.
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