Novel: The Last of the Mohicans

Novel: The Last of the Mohicans
After reading Mark Twain's 'Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses' I began to read The Last of the Mohicans. I'd seen the Daniel Day Lewis film but never read the novel. Could Twain be right about Fenimore Cooper?

After four chapters I'm, still enjoying the novel, not all all noticing the 'offences' Twain referred to.

Film: The Singing Detective (2003)

Loved Mel Gibson's performance!

Novel: Michael Ondaatje’s Anil’s Ghost (2000)

Happily, after a series of disasppointing reads, I've settled on this novel. True, I'm only on p18, but I've been captivated from the start. Long may it continue.

The novels follows the life of Anil Tissera, a native Sri Lankan who left to study in the United States on a scholarship, during which time she has become a forensic anthropologist. She returns to Sri Lanka in the midst of its civil war as part of a Human Rights Investigation by the United Nations. Anil, along with archaeologist Sarath Diyasena, discovers the skeleton of a recently burned victim in a government area. With the help of Sarath, Anil sets out to identify the skeleton, nicknamed Sailor, and bring about justice for the nameless victims of the war.

Novel: Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan 1954

Bonjour Tristesse (Hello Sadness) was published when the author was only 18. It was an overnight sensation. I can't think why.

Thankfully it was very short.

I found it cold, calculting and empty.