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A review by moiraburke
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
5.0
A delightful book within a book within a book within a book. The narrators' lives span hundreds of years, and each voice is refreshing and clever. Early chapters feature Shakespearean wordplay, while middle chapters feel vaguely Neal Stephenson-esque (a la Snow Crash, not the uber-baroque Baroque Cycle.) Not sure if the upcoming movie will do it justice (especially with their casting choice for Zachry!), but it's an excellent read. Favorite snippets:
(In the context of dealing with an inept customer service agent.) "Sometimes the fluffy bunny of incredulity zooms round the bend so rapidly that the greyhound of language is left, agog, in the starting cage."
"'I ain't 'fraid o you!' I telled him, tho' tell-it-true my voice was jus' a duck fart in a hurrycane."
(In the context of dealing with an inept customer service agent.) "Sometimes the fluffy bunny of incredulity zooms round the bend so rapidly that the greyhound of language is left, agog, in the starting cage."
"'I ain't 'fraid o you!' I telled him, tho' tell-it-true my voice was jus' a duck fart in a hurrycane."