Master of Petersburg

[Richard Ryan]

There were several list members who expressed enthusiasm for Coetzee's Master of Petersburg as a quick "NP" read before we start off with "V" or "Vineland."  I've begun reading it - and can report that it's beautifully written (as one would expect of JMC), and a vivid re-imagining of a great figure in the history of world literature.  Fun for the entire list, in other words....

If there is still sufficient interest - and no widespread objections - I can start off a MoP reading in a week or two - whenever the AtD readers feel that they've had ample time to wrap things up.  Conveniently, MoP is divided into twenty chapters - so if we had, say, four other hosts we could each take four chapters and get through the book in about four weeks (give or take a week or so depending on how interested and involved the audience was.)  
 
Thoughts?
RR
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