2 Dec 2005

Family Planning - by Tim Parks

This was an interesting read. It had its humorous moments, but was, on the whole quite serious. A lot of the story is told by means of letters between the main characters. I like this style - it gets you into the head of the individuals.

All through the story, we are told that Ray is the mad one. I began to gradually wonder if he was the only one. Most of his immediate relatives seemed to have screw loose.

As is so often the case, I found the ending rather disappointing. The future is mostly set, but there was no clear "closure".

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