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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book for my wife who is a big Andrew Crumey fan - she particularly enjoyed Mobius Dick and Sputnik Caledonia. She has just started D'Alembert's Principle, having finished Music in a Foreign Language by the same author. She is very choosy about her writers and most intolerant of bad grammar or poor sentence structure. She copes well with Crumey's (for me) very complex story-telling technique and considers his writing intelligent and entertaining. She is pleased that he has maintained his writing style since he started getting his books published but suggested that this was an easier read than some of his more recent efforts.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
People keep comparing Crumey to Calvino and Borges, I can see the similarity but there's a lot else too - like Sterne, Diderot etc, not to mention Flaubert, whose "Three Tales" came to my mind after reading Crumey's "triptych". These are three separate stories linked by a theme ("memory, reason and imagination"). The result is a fine read, though disconcerting if you expect a conventional novel. Paul Auster's "New York Trilogy" also comes to mind. The last story in Crumey's book is related to his earlier novel "Pfitz". I didn't discover this until afterwards but it didn't spoil my enjoyment. Reading "Pfitz" before this book might enhance your understanding, but it's not essential. Crumey's evocation of the 18th century in this book is remarkable. He's a unique and strikingly unusual voice in contemporary fiction.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I enjoyed this story very much, however it won't make any sense unless you read Pfitz first.
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