Athena

CRITIQUE: The Collapse of a Questionable Narration "Athena" marks the conclusion of "the Freddie Montgomery Trilogy", although it's arguable that the narrative of the Trilogy had collapsed well before the end of the third novel, rather than being reinforced by the extended focus. As with "Ghosts......more

Sometimes I think the hardest concept to explain to people who don't write about the act of writing itself is the idea of presentation, that just because a story essentially boils down to "this happened, then this happened, then this happened, and then it turned out it was the dog all along" doesn't......more

I don't know what I think of this book. I had trouble concentrating & don't know if that's my fault or the books,......more

I love this book. I love this book so much. John Banville is a much under appreciated author, i think. read him. its delicious!......more

Glutton for punishment that I am, I finally broke down and picked up the third of the Freddie Montgomery novels. (Don't be so damn coy, Banville and "Morrow": We all know it's Freddie from about page 1.) Oh well, Mommy always did make me finish everything on my plate. This entry is somewhat more pala......more