The hardboiled detective meets 1984. This is Harris’ best book – and that is really saying something. Any book that manages a Clausewitzian quote (and not the obvious example as can be seen on the “Telling it like it is” page of this blog) will keep us realists happy.
It would be interesting to know how much this book influenced, if at all, Michael Chabon’s “The Yiddish Policemans Union” and Stephen Fry’s “Making History”. Like 1984, If you read this book, just be thankful it isn’t true.
It would be interesting to know how much this book influenced, if at all, Michael Chabon’s “The Yiddish Policemans Union” and Stephen Fry’s “Making History”. Like 1984, If you read this book, just be thankful it isn’t true.
I think you mean "Making History" by Stephen Fry. It's a little trashy and the thesis bits are tedious on re-reads but I do quite like it.
ReplyDeleteIn a similar vein, have you read Philip K Dick's The Man in the High Castle? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_High_Castle
Ah - it is true - Stephen Fry never wrote "The History Maker", but did indeed write "Making History." I have not read The Man in the High Castle - but I will add it to my list.
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