Holes - by Louis Sachar

A good read. This is a slightly convoluted and complex story, where past and present events conspire together make the tale. It is also a study of human nature, with some good and bad conclusions. I kept turning the pages, as I was always confident that something was going to happen - and I was not disappointed. I liked all the little twists and unlikely connections and coincidences. I kicked myself for not spotting one connection that is only spelled out in the closing pages of the book. My only concern was that the whole story was a grand metaphor for something. If it was, it went right over my head.