Tuesday, July 20, 2010

tinkers: tinkering, tinkering, and more tinkering

Tinkers
by Paul Harding

what a letdown.

the writing is simply too crafty (or tinkering); and the story and the plot become apparent twenty pages into the book. the heavy handed treatment makes the characters cartoonish and superfacial, their amazing pains/struggles not touching but overbearing. took some effort to finish this short book.

i am surprised that it won the big prize.

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