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To my shame, I must confess that I've never read any Ian
McEwan before I came across this novel. McEwan, of course, has now won
Britain's Booker Prize for AMSTERDAM, but many thought he should won this
leading book prize with ENDURING LOVE. From the balloon on the cover my mind
had conjured up a story of magical realism, set in the Italian renaissance
along with the many weird works of Leonardi Da Vinci. I was wrong. The novel is
far more down to earth than that - literally. The novel's narrator is Joe Rose,
who's enjoying a day out in the British countryside when something unreal
happens. A balloon flight has got into trouble, due to some fierce winds, and
Joe is one of the men who runs to the rescue of the boy trapped in the balloon
basket. Unfortunately, one of the rescuers is killed, driving Joe into a state
of shock and guilt. This is bad enough, but then Joe becomes convinced that one
of the other rescuers from that day is stalking him... This is a highly intriguing
read which I cannot recommend highly enough.
Kevin Patrick
Mahoney
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