Gilligan's Wake

[The Great Quail]

Me:
>>Three other books I've recently read that impressed
>> me are "Gilligan's Wake," by Tom Carson

MalignD:
> The premise of this book sounded so dreadful, it's
> difficult to believe it's actually any good.

I would have thought the same thing -- and at first, I thought it was a bit
precious. But after a few dozen pages, I was totally hooked. I also gave it
to my wife -- a die-hard Saramago fanatic with a very sensitive "PoMo
bullshit detector"-- and she loved it. (Though to be fair, I should add that
a friend read it on my recommendation and thought it was simply too much.)

Our own Richard Romeo wrote a review of the book, which is what prompted me
to read it:

http://www.themodernword.com/reviews/gilligans_wake.html

--Quail