Orlando's review
Theft: A Love Story
by Peter Carey
Orlando's review
Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey
Orlando's review
rating:
Liking or not liking this book depends, I think, on liking or not liking the voice of the main narrator. The chief protagonist of this novel is clearly meant as a warts-and-all narrator, more warts than anything else. Aside from the tone of the book, the plot is a thriller, and because of the unreliability of the narrator's voice, a fairly good one.
I can't get past the warts. Moreover, the ending felt like a negative, all the colours turned inside out. I felt sorry for the main character by the end of the novel because of his lack of - well, read it yourself.
But I still can't get past that brassy voice.
I can't get past the warts. Moreover, the ending felt like a negative, all the colours turned inside out. I felt sorry for the main character by the end of the novel because of his lack of - well, read it yourself.
But I still can't get past that brassy voice.
