"Beatrice & Virgil" by Yann Martel
I got to page 110 of less than 200. Actually, since the pages are small the book is really only a hundred pages. I thought of finishing it since it was so brief but then I picked up Sebastian Faulks "A Week in December" in Fast Reads today and I own a copy of Ian McEwan's "Solar" and it's waiting for me if I don't happen to have a book from the library so I don't think I'll bother.
I can't really judge the book since I didn't finish it but I think if an author can't capture your interest by half way through then I'm not sure he's going to. So, a million dollar advance and 8 years to produce this? I think I would have been ashamed to present it to my publishers but I guess not producing anything for years more would have been more embarrassing.
As much as I enjoyed listening to Martel's ideas and conversation at the reading I think he is perhaps a "one book wonder" as a writer.
