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A review by claudia_is_reading
The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
3.0
I am of two minds about this book. I truly dislike the protagonist, but I like the concept.
A young, vain, uber frivolous and privileged man, reading the diaries of the old Lord Nantwich who, feeling that his death is close, wants someone to write his memories.
I liked the juxtaposition between the lives of these two men, living in such different times; and I liked how, at the end, we discover the link that brings their lives together.
I like the writing style, too. But when I don't like the protagonist... it's hard for me to love a book :/
A young, vain, uber frivolous and privileged man, reading the diaries of the old Lord Nantwich who, feeling that his death is close, wants someone to write his memories.
I liked the juxtaposition between the lives of these two men, living in such different times; and I liked how, at the end, we discover the link that brings their lives together.
I like the writing style, too. But when I don't like the protagonist... it's hard for me to love a book :/