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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010.
This is a beautifully written detailed story of an ongoing journey in foreign parts, written in the present tense, and sometimes in the first person. From the first page, a sense of aloneness and yearning for emotional connection emanate from the narrative as the writer travels from country to country. The descriptive detail is vivid and conjures up the sense both of place and personality. It is cautious, watchful and contemplative and the personalities, more than the places, intrigue and catch attention. His journey is symbolic of much more than merely ticking off places of interest. It is for anonymity, to leave the old self behind and an aching wish to find a place and person to relate to which permeates the page. The sensitivity of the author and his constant moving on makes his journey a microcosm of life itself as he looks for a sense of belonging. It would be difficult to find a more acutely observed or stunningly written personal travelogue in fact or fiction. Highly recommended.
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In a Strange Room Synopsis
A young man takes three journeys, through Greece, India and Africa. He
travels lightly, simply. To those who travel with him and those whom he
meets on the way - including a handsome, enigmatic stranger, a group of
careless backpackers and a woman on the edge - he is the Follower, the
Lover and the Guardian. Yet, despite the man's best intentions, each
journey ends in disaster. Together, these three journeys will change
his whole life.
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Damon Galgut Press Reviews
The most intense and passionate novel to date from Man Booker-shortlisted author Damon Galgut: 'the bold, fresh voice of South African fiction
(Observer)
'This is a novel about a country's transition and its moral effects, and it is absolutely brilliant.
The Times
'A great pleasure... Damon Galgut's book is the best I have read to come out of the new South Africa.'
Allan Massie, Scotsman
'Outstanding... [Galgut is] a major writer worthy to be referred to as a kindred spirit of the great Coetzee... The Impostor, with its bleak balancing of boyhood hopes and adult regret, is a great novel.'
Eileen Battersby, Irish Times
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About Damon Galgut
Damon Galgut was born in Pretoria in 1963. He wrote his first novel, A Sinless Season, when he was seventeen. His other books include Small Circle of Beings, The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs, The Quarry and The Good Doctor. The Good Doctor was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. Damon Galgut lives in Cape Town.
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