A review by howardbatey
Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald

emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

A diverting, and short, book which is well written.  Some nice vignettes but just as things start to happen the book finishes.  Apparently when this won the Booker Prize there was quite some bafflement at the time, and I tend to agree with that sentiment.