The first of my reviews I'm going to point towards, over at Shiny New Books, was the most unexpected treat. Indeed, it's going on my 50 Books list - which is coming towards a close now, and that makes me nervous. (What if I read something superlatively brilliant just after putting the 50th book on the list?)
I had thought Penelope Fitzgerald was already represented, as I've loved The Bookshop and At Freddie's - but apparently neither quite made the list. Charlotte Mew and Her Friends is a little more outside the box - being a biography of a turn-of-the-century poet - but has just as wide an appeal, honest. It's one of the few biographies I've read where the subject mattered less than the writer - not ostentatiously in the writing, but in my response to it.
Do head over to my Shiny New Books review for the complete picture...
Make it a 60 book list - obvs! :)
ReplyDeleteI have only read The Blue Flower, which I thought was brilliant. Thought I would read The Bookshop as my second foray in to Fitzgerald's titles but I will have to keep this one in mind too when I am hankering for some good non-fiction.
ReplyDeleteI've just read "The Beginning of Spring" which I thought was wonderful. And '"At Freddie's" has an unforgettable last image - pure Mozart.
ReplyDeleteI am half way through reading Hermione Lee's biography "Pnelope Fitzgerald - A Life" and will be getting into PF's works as soon as I finish.
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