The Promise is not only a very engaging story penned by a master storyteller, it also offers great riches for readers who are alert to passing allusions. I’ve read it as promptly as I could so that others can have the pleasure of reading it too. Today there are 19 reserves ahead of a would-be borrower for this remarkable book. Not a bad problem to have, but still… The Promise, however, which I reserved after reading Joe’s compelling review at Rough Ghosts, came in on reserve for me, one day before the announcement that it’s on the Booker Prize shortlist. Meaning that reading plans, such as they are, have to be put on hold so that the pile of books can all be read before the due date. And then we wait for ages, and lo! the reservations all come at once. We read so many enticing reviews from our blogging friends that they exceed the book-buying budget and so we reserve the books at the library.
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