Six Degrees of Separation #4

Six Degrees of Separation #4: Saturday 5th July 2014

 

A terrorist attack is the impetus for most of the action in The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.

The Submission by Amy Waldman is a novel about a board selecting a memorial for the 9/11 site. Sounds dry but it is a fascinating character study.

I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes is a fast paced thriller about a planned biological terrorist attack on the USA. One of the characters is a doctor…
(Read my review here).

Band Aid for a  Broken Leg is the true story of Damien Brown, an Australian doctor who worked for MSF in Africa. I heard about the book when listening to a story on Radio National’s The Body Sphere.
(Listen to the audio here).

Another book I purchased after listening to an interview on Radio National was Bonkers by Jennifer Saunders. A hilarious Conversation with Richard Fidler!
(Listen to the audio here).

Earlier this year I read Marriage Material by Sathnam Sanghera. For the first time in a while I found myself having a good chuckle out loud. It’s worth reading the book just to meet the character Jay.
(Read my review here).

Although it seemed to have quite mixed reviews, I can’t deny having a good giggle when reading Solar by Ian McEwan. Just like in Marriage Material, there I was having an almighty chortle and suddenly the story took a horrifyingly abrupt turn. In both novels I felt guilty for laughing just a few paragraphs earlier.

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