Book Review
Jul. 15th, 2006 03:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariThe Manikin
by Joanna Scott
This novel concerns the people living in a mansion in upstate New York during the 1920s. It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1997, a fact which suprises me, because I found the book disappointing. The setting is a rather eccentric place - a mansion built out in the middle of nowhere and filled with the archaeological and natural history artifacts collected by its deceased builder. Yet the plot and characters fall flat, never delivering on the promise of such a fascinating setting. The only thing that kept me reading was Scott's flair for gorgeously lyrical descriptive language. She should be a poet rather than a novelist.
by Joanna Scott
This novel concerns the people living in a mansion in upstate New York during the 1920s. It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1997, a fact which suprises me, because I found the book disappointing. The setting is a rather eccentric place - a mansion built out in the middle of nowhere and filled with the archaeological and natural history artifacts collected by its deceased builder. Yet the plot and characters fall flat, never delivering on the promise of such a fascinating setting. The only thing that kept me reading was Scott's flair for gorgeously lyrical descriptive language. She should be a poet rather than a novelist.
