A review by elizabthgreene
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

challenging dark fast-paced

so stupidly readable it lulls you in and carries you along for shocking, horrific stuff. obvious connections w/ nabokov & his monster humbert but coetzee’s david feels more human? and more terrifying and (somehow) pitiful. such a tight & gripping story and not a scene wasted! and I loved coetzee’s use allusions & motifs, there is plenty to chew on without being too abstract.  

you also don’t have to be a pro at geopolitics to “get” it, I think after the us’s racial reckoning there’s plenty to take away & I know it will shake around in my brain for a while