Title: Slow Man, Slow Read
Product review: I think Coetzee has gone down hill since he migrated to Australia. I loved "Waiting for the Barbarians" and "Disgrace". But this, and the one before that introduced the character Elizabeth Costello were disappointing to say the least.Who IS this Costello woman. She is neither likeable or unlikeable. She is a bore.Don't get me wrong, I am an Australian and there are some wonderful Australian writers, but JMC will never be one.The storyline is simple. Sixty year old migrant loses leg in bicycle accident and gets depressed. Falls for his Croatian nurse. Is rejected.Into this scenario comes Elizabeth C who is supposedly a writer who has 'imagined' the hero (the amputee) and wants him to change in order to make her new novel interesting.She fails. He doesn't become interesting. Neither does the book!
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