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Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan
4.0
challenging dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Really really enjoyed this. Kind of a hard read in the sense of having to confront the nastiness of the world. But it was also a beautiful masterpiece is exposing and service justice with action not words. An attack on middle class white privileged wokeness or the need to feel like 'not the bad guy' and I think that's something a lot of people (me included) need to confront.

"The mornings researches on the internet coalesced suddenly into a pulsating theory that modern life is like a war on decent Human effort..."

"I meet my mother in my dreams. She's happy and optimistic, wearing a lovely coat."

"To the liberals who think they do well by managing language, giving up nothing while they spell out the difference between one grain of sand and another, he swore exposure."

"One must retreat to the life one can live"

"He thinks he's one of the good guys."