Matt at A Variety of Words recently read Jim Crace's Being Dead
Years ago, I read Being Dead because of its positive press and award-winning status. I hated it. Besides beautiful prose and a carefully-plotted story arc, there isn't much else redeeming about the book. Pre-BookBlog, I had a personal website and posted my own brief review. [Gasp! Note to professional critics who aren't reading this since no one reads blogs: breathe. I simply like books; your job security, though, means little to me.] I thought it might take some digging to find and share it with Matt, but it turns out I already posted it to BookBlog.
