A review by lindy_b
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna

2.0

Make a list of every stereotype about literary fiction and this book will represent over half of them.

Also, it's 445 pages long, and most of them contain at least one paragraph like this:

Later he showers. Standing beneath the spout of water, he has the urge to urinate. He stands at the edge of the tiled shower cubicle and aims at the toilet bowl. Success brings with it his first sense of achievement of the day. (p 46)