I have to be honest- when I first started reading this book I wanted to chuck it across the room because I could care less about Michael K. The voice is extremely distant and the character is difficult to like because I'm not even sure he likes himself- having said that, after I forced myself through to part 2 the book it started to open up and I understood more why the author chose such a distant voice to tell this tale. It's a good book and worth struggling through but I think it's one of those novels that you need to talk about latet to fully appreciate. Great for a bookclub that has some strong readers in it. Coezee also is fantastic at his descriptions of place and character.
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