Darconville's Cat
by Alexander Theroux
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Read in June, 2007
recommends it for:
english majors, literati, the literate of every sort
My favorite book of all time.
This is the most fun, literate book I have ever read. It also happens to be Theroux's best, capturing most effectively the playing with the language combined with over-the-top characters, emotions and situations. Not a really good choice for the semi-literate however, as it can be artsy and intentionally difficult in places (a chapter that is a repeating list, or example, which is a little pretentious but works perfectly in context of the plot and direction). This ...more
This is the most fun, literate book I have ever read. It also happens to be Theroux's best, capturing most effectively the playing with the language combined with over-the-top characters, emotions and situations. Not a really good choice for the semi-literate however, as it can be artsy and intentionally difficult in places (a chapter that is a repeating list, or example, which is a little pretentious but works perfectly in context of the plot and direction). This ...more
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I couldn't get past the first three pages, it was English, Jim, but not as we know it, and I flipped forward and it was all like that. This book has too many brains and it frightened me in the way a sufferer from dementia must be frightened when they look at a clock and realise they no longer can tell the time. Using oven gloves I placed it in a plastic bag and hid the bag in a dark recess of my cellar, shuddering the while.
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Read in January, 2002
Winner of the 2002 Clifton Fadiman Medal.
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