Currently reading
A London Family, 1870-1900: A Trilogy
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
All the Names
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Down the Garden Path
Virtue Betray'd, Or, Anna Bullen
Year of Wonders
Swallows and Amazons
Illusion in java
Like other Banville books, the writing in this book is very good. But for some reason, I couldn't develop any sympathy for the characters nor did I find myself wanting to pick the book up again. I did manage to get about 3/4 of the way through before I gave up. I didn't care enough about what happened to these people to read that last quarter. I think part of it is that I know exactly, from lots of personal experience, how cruel kids are and I find it boring and off-putting to read about it.