The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
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The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
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-- 11 Oct 2014, 02:19 --
I picked the book up a couple of times in the local library and put it back on the shelf thinking ,' Two wealthy couples and their self-indulgent life styles who lived one hundred years ago. Nothing there for me.' Then one day, wanting a short novel for a train journey, I decided to give it another go. It's a cliché, I know, but I was blown away. I read it ,then read it again immediately. Then I started making notes on the sequencing .Then I read it again. It is a constant companion. It seems to be about all of us .I am not sure how Ford managed to get it so right. . It is complex and laugh out loud and grittily accurate about the horrors of being human.
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"This is the saddest story I have ever heard." What a fascinating opening. Truly the saddest? You have experienced nothing sadder than this? Why did you say it's a story you heard? You are the narrator and you were part of the story - you didn't just hear it!
The story unfolds from there and, yes, it's sad, but mainly it's a story of dysfunctional relationships and the abuse of power.
Ford has done a marvelous job with this and I have Parade's End sitting on my shelf waiting to be read. If only it is nearly as good!
The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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Am reading travel books at the moment. Do you know Ryszard Kapuscinski ? Just finished The Last Train to Zona Verde (Paul Theroux.)