It took quite some time to finish this book and though it's highly praised by the reviews on the book cover, I would not call it the most compelling story I ever read.
At least that's what I thought . . .
I even had trouble getting past the first pages of introduction, and struggled to keep on reading for the complete first part of the book.
It's the story of childhood, teenage years and becoming a man. A memoir recounting the life of Roger Garfitt from 1944 to 1968.
The introduction definitely had failed and did not inflame my devotion for this book. Nevertheless I kept on reading.
What's describes as 'Garfitt's eye for telling details of characters' made the first part of the book a bit to loaded.
Unfortunately I'm not the greatest fan of English poetry neither as it seems, because none of the quoted poems really catched my attention.
With the second part of the book describing Garfitt's first years on the farm, the book became a little bit more interesting to turn into a catchy memoir in the third part after Garfitt left for Barcarès in France.
Finally, after finishing the book, I read the introduction once again and felt a bit different about the author, a bit more compassionate I would say.
The book is definitely worth reading, and worth keeping on track and read till the end, wich I fortunately did as it get's better and better by the end.
Of course this is again just my humble opinion and I hope you like this new book review by Michèle.
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