Title: History, philosophy, politics, psycology, murder, faith
Product review: A complex story told from four angles, the resonance of the whole is far greater than the sum of the parts. The parts themselves are amazing alone. Four different voices, and four different basic understandings of what is happening in the world, mundane and cosmic. Not really beautiful as a lyrical text (Pears is not for example Robertson Davies) yet the structure of the work produces a kind of polyphony. History is more dominant than psycology, but the work is also an interesting hymn to faith. A 9 rather than a 10 means its not James Joyce but what else is? This is a wonderful book which effortlessly, deftly, arches across multiple genres, is beautifully constructed, and compelling.
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