Ian's review
Radiant Days
by Michael A. FitzGerald (Goodreads author!)
Ian's review
Radiant Days by Michael A. FitzGerald (Goodreads author!)
Ian's review
rating:
recommended for: Grown ups
I read this book on the recommendation of the author after I expressed a great liking for the French author Michel Houellebecq on this site.
I thoroughly enjoyed the read and rattled through it in a few days. It paints a bleak picture of the modern human condition and the direction western society appears to be taking. The characters are engaging for all their faults and the I liked the setting of Budapest and Croatia (just after the war of the mid 90s). The author paints a wonderful contrast between the historic Hungarian capital, the striking Dalmatian coastline and some of the war torn interior in the Balkan state. The Balkans are a fascinating part of the world, particularly, I think, for us Europeans and the small insights into some of this history given to us by the English journalist Marsh are fascinating.
Maybe it panders to my preconceptions of a typical Americans grasp of the rest of the world and all the history that divides many nations.
A cracking read!!
I thoroughly enjoyed the read and rattled through it in a few days. It paints a bleak picture of the modern human condition and the direction western society appears to be taking. The characters are engaging for all their faults and the I liked the setting of Budapest and Croatia (just after the war of the mid 90s). The author paints a wonderful contrast between the historic Hungarian capital, the striking Dalmatian coastline and some of the war torn interior in the Balkan state. The Balkans are a fascinating part of the world, particularly, I think, for us Europeans and the small insights into some of this history given to us by the English journalist Marsh are fascinating.
Maybe it panders to my preconceptions of a typical Americans grasp of the rest of the world and all the history that divides many nations.
A cracking read!!
