Comments on Reading Tonight

I liked His Illegal Self.

I mean, it probably won't get him his third Booker Man Booker, but I enjoyed reading it. The structure of reveals at the beginning was really nicely done, and although it gets a bit rambly in the middle it kind of redeems itself in the end.

I'd also recommend Carey's The True History of the Kelly Gang. I read it shortly after seeing John Hillcoat's The Proposition, which almost plays like an adaptation. Almost. Funny, but The Kelley Gang reminded me of Cormac McCarthy, and now Hillcoat is adapting The Road...