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A Day And A Night And A Day: A Novel (2009)

by Glen Duncan(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061239992 (ISBN13: 9780061239991)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Ecco

review 1: The book is definitely not what I expected but nevertheless turned out to be an engrossing read. I couldn't put it down frankly. The Glen Duncan prose and fluidity is definitely there and really no one can make it flow like him (I will say it again, I do love him.) Great engagement of characters - my favorite being between the tortured and the torturer. In the end it is a love story wrapped around the darkness of torture and rendition.
review 2: I liked this book. It was very dark and quite different to other books I have read. In short it is the story of Augustus – a black man from New York (growing up with racial conflict) who falls in love turn terrorist. From the outset you know he has been captured and is being tortured for information and through a t... morehird weaving story, that he survives the torture to live out his life as best he can.The telling of a prolonged torture scene without graphic description was excellent. The author really captivated me and though pleased to be saved the gruesome details of what Augustus went through, I still think the reader gets the full impact of his experience. This was offset somewhat by the narrative he has with the torturer – something of a highbrow discussion about their values that started well but the dosage was such that it became boring and struck me as pretentious.His early years were really interesting to read about. I particularly enjoyed reading the love story with Selina and his relationship with his Mum. All of this offered the perfect backdrop to what was to follow (though the way it is written is not chronological).The third weaving story of Augustus in his post torture days were rather unbelievable to me. I was not bought into the idea of him renting a cottage in the middle of a Scottish Island to die only to be caught up in a gun slinging match with a local bad lad. Was the writer trying to show that Augustus was standing up for the right thing despite his explosive past? I am not sure that added much and was certainly the part of the book I least enjoyed.Overall, I suspect I will read another Glen Duncan book in the future. less

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