http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2002/aug/13/fromthearchives.classics
From the review:
"The results of the trick are at once fantastic and inevitable. The whole is a piece of comedy, as comedy is understood by George Meredith. We wonder whether EM Forster could be a little more charitable without losing in force and originality. An experiment might be worth trying."
Thursday, February 3, 2011
What a Carve Up! by Jonathan Coe is the most loved read of our first round!!
What a lovely evening we had! Many thanks indeed Anja for hosting it and cooking such lovely lasagne for us all...Raka and Heather's puddings were lush and we even had some pink bubbly wine to celebrate thanks to Sara and her new job: congratulations!!!!.
Well, well, well...We have a winner for our first round and that is Anja's choice "What a Carve Up!", novel that we discussed and analised with great passion last night. Sara's choice "The Year of the Flood" was very much appreciated too and came close second ...
So here are our final scores:
Rampire Readers Round One
Characters/60 Topic/60 Style/60 Plot/60 Final Score /240 * - average score 28
Cutting for Stone 39 46 40 43 168/240 - 28
Midnight’s Children 40 46 36 24 146/240 - 24.3
Angel and Demons 19 31 18 29 97/240 - 16.6
The Year of the Flood 47 51 44 47 189/240 - 31.5
The Jane Austen Book Club* 29 25 26 24 104/200 - 20.8
What a Carve Up * 46 48 46 45 187/200 - 37.4
*Mira’s scores are missing -so it is /50 for each category and /200 for global score
Look forward to our second round that starts with a classic: "Where Angels Fear to Tread" by Foster, Raka's choice.
Well, well, well...We have a winner for our first round and that is Anja's choice "What a Carve Up!", novel that we discussed and analised with great passion last night. Sara's choice "The Year of the Flood" was very much appreciated too and came close second ...
So here are our final scores:
Rampire Readers Round One
Characters/60 Topic/60 Style/60 Plot/60 Final Score /240 * - average score 28
Cutting for Stone 39 46 40 43 168/240 - 28
Midnight’s Children 40 46 36 24 146/240 - 24.3
Angel and Demons 19 31 18 29 97/240 - 16.6
The Year of the Flood 47 51 44 47 189/240 - 31.5
The Jane Austen Book Club* 29 25 26 24 104/200 - 20.8
What a Carve Up * 46 48 46 45 187/200 - 37.4
*Mira’s scores are missing -so it is /50 for each category and /200 for global score
Look forward to our second round that starts with a classic: "Where Angels Fear to Tread" by Foster, Raka's choice.
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