![]() ![]() “Then he came out of the grass at the side of the road and stood without moving… There were blisters on his feet that had come from walking and blisters in his mouth that had come from nothing, except his silence perhaps, and bristles like glass on his chin… He looked like a figure fired in a kiln, still smoking slightly and charred.” There is no development of any of the characters, though some of the descriptions will stay with me quite well. All we can surmise is that he is on the run, having made an escape of some sort. The main character has no name, just ‘the man’ and he has no backstory whatsoever. I have to admit, I was drawn in more at the start and then again towards the very end. The plot of The Quarry was compelling enough to keep me going though, and the stripped-down prose suited the stark landscape quite well. ![]() Galgut most definitely honed his storytelling skills as well as his superb mastery of characterization. The twenty-six years between publication dates of the two novels made a huge difference. ![]() While I was thoroughly impressed by The Promise, which I read less than a year ago, this one was just decent. Well, this is clearly a much earlier work of Galgut’s. ![]()
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