Tuesday, December 23, 2008

When will there be good news, by Kate Atkinson

You know how some books start at the beginning and lead you carefully through a story, explaining everything along the way?
This isn't one of those.
Atkinson sets the scene in England, beginning with a horrendous, bloody murder of a family, then jumps ahead 30 years. Jackson Brodie turns up (from earlier books), and you are jolted from one event to the next, from one character's viewpoint to another's, from one surprise to an even bigger surprise.
If you like the unexpected, you will love this. I did!

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