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A review by bub_9
Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
3.0
Having marvelously enjoyed The Blue Flower, I naturally made it a point to next read her sole Booker awardee, though later discovering (and I make no claims about any established agreement regarding my division) the split between the earlier works and her later ones marked by the publication of Innocence, it is perhaps not entirely surprising that I found myself enjoying this less. Perhaps a bit of a McEwan and Amsterdam situation, if you will.
The writing is again marvelous here, and so is the exploration of relationships. But the intentionality of the plot and its development cannot even begin to hold a candle to The Blue Flower, much less Innocence.
The writing is again marvelous here, and so is the exploration of relationships. But the intentionality of the plot and its development cannot even begin to hold a candle to The Blue Flower, much less Innocence.