jo's Reviews > The Man in the Wooden Hat

I just don’t know what to say.

THE DAY AFTER

i will not read volume 3. jane gardam is a genius as far as i am concerned. she writes spectacular literature that is beautiful and smart and i am unworthy of it.

but this is a paean to the british empire and the good ole golden times. you can easily get an idea of the pain and damage the british empire inflicted upon the world by reading novels by authors who live in or come from areas that were once british empire. what i mean is, you don't need to immerse yourself in history, there are nice novels you can read instead. Michael Ondaatje is one. Amitav Gosh is another. devastating stuff.

this is what gardam writes in the last paragraph of the acknowledgments:

"Most of all, thanks to my husband David Gardam, especially for memories of our travels to places where the English Law continues to be heard."

you see? i just can't.