It's Friday, which brings up an age-old question for me: what to read over the weekend? It's too bad I've already finished Tobias Hill's excellent book, The Hidden: a stirring, literary thriller that takes place during an archaeological dig in modern-day Sparta. Ben Mercer is a student at Oxford, who leaves behind a failed marriage and baby daughter to travel to Greece in the hopes of escaping himself. What he finds insteadis a high-risk dig where the archaeological team has as many secrets as the ancient Spartans who they idolize. Hill deftly draws some fantastic, compelling characters--the brutal and mercenary intellectual, Eberhard, or the beautiful and ambivalent Natsuko. Adding to the interest of the book is its structure--the main plot is interspliced with fascinating notes on the history of Sparta.
The Hidden is a rare find, with searing writing and a plot to match. One of my favorite authors, A.S. Byatt, has said that Hill is “one of the two or three most original and interesting young novelists working in Britain today. . . . There is no other voice today quite like his.” Look out for The Hidden when it hits shelves on October 13th.
This book sounds REALLY good!! I am going to add it to my TBR shelf (Goodreads).
I have quite a few books that I need to read over the next 2 weeks so I am reading more than one this weekend. I plan to read The Day the Falls Stood Still. I just started it and I am really digging the writing style. I am also reading The Angel's Game (for fun) and then will begin my book club pick (The Danish Girl), maybe this Sunday.
Posted by: Ti | August 14, 2009 at 01:40 PM
Ooh, I'll be looking for The Hidden!
Posted by: Kathy | August 14, 2009 at 02:17 PM
mbt opprettet begynner med den kinesiske olympiske komité, KONE, og for å fremme idrett utviklingen i Kina gjennom sportsbutikk virksomhet, og gjøre vårt beste bistand til en rekke arrangementer.
Posted by: MBT Billig | September 11, 2012 at 02:35 AM