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featherbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Humor and heartbreak in delectable prose. I adore Gardam and have for decades. As the first paragraph of the NYT review by Nancy Kline puts it:
“God on the Rocks” is so charming a novel that you don’t want to give away a single one of the many twists of its plot. As its central character might ask: “Why can’t she just — not?” But Jane Gardam must be shared. She’s a find who’s just beginning to be found, at least on our side of the Atlantic (thanks to the novels “Old Filth” and “The Man in the Wooden Hat”), although more than 20 of her books have been published in England and she has won numerous prizes. Now at last comes the American publication of her early novel “God on the Rocks,” which was a finalist for the Booker Prize back in 1978. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/books/review/Kline-t.html
“God on the Rocks” is so charming a novel that you don’t want to give away a single one of the many twists of its plot. As its central character might ask: “Why can’t she just — not?” But Jane Gardam must be shared. She’s a find who’s just beginning to be found, at least on our side of the Atlantic (thanks to the novels “Old Filth” and “The Man in the Wooden Hat”), although more than 20 of her books have been published in England and she has won numerous prizes. Now at last comes the American publication of her early novel “God on the Rocks,” which was a finalist for the Booker Prize back in 1978. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/books/review/Kline-t.html
hrhacissej's review against another edition
3.0
Margaret is 8 years old and privy to adult situations that are out of her realm of experience. She is unusually perceptive but still has trouble making sense of her parents' lives as well as those of her nanny and adult acquaintances. Because of her ignorance, the story becomes more intriguing as you, the reader, piece together the personal stories of each character.
There's humor but mostly this is a bittersweet tale of choices and loyalty and class.
There's humor but mostly this is a bittersweet tale of choices and loyalty and class.
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