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janey's review against another edition
4.0
I'll definitely be reading more Peter Cameron. I feel like he writes the way Geoff Dyer would if Dyer stopped being screamingly funny.
superdilettante's review against another edition
4.0
I was puzzled by the people who found this book puzzling, or confusing.
Peter Cameron writes beautifully, and this novel had a wonderful way of drawing me along, as though I were wandering the winding streets of an old city.
It doesn't matter to me that the Andorra Cameron uses for his story does not reflect the real Andorra.
It doesn't matter to me that the ending is abrupt, and strange. The way I understood it is that the protagonist's Andorra is invented because he is telling his story from prison, where he is serving time for killing his wife and child. The fact that he tries to re-write his own story to have a more favorable outcome is not all that hard to understand.
I loved this book.
Peter Cameron writes beautifully, and this novel had a wonderful way of drawing me along, as though I were wandering the winding streets of an old city.
It doesn't matter to me that the Andorra Cameron uses for his story does not reflect the real Andorra.
It doesn't matter to me that the ending is abrupt, and strange. The way I understood it is that the protagonist's Andorra is invented because he is telling his story from prison, where he is serving time for killing his wife and child. The fact that he tries to re-write his own story to have a more favorable outcome is not all that hard to understand.
I loved this book.
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book. Our main character arrives in Andorra to
start a new life, meets new people, and can't shake his past.
start a new life, meets new people, and can't shake his past.
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