Posted by Peter Ceresole on October 20, 2013 at 00:12:39 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Favourites posted by John Williams on October 18, 2013 at 15:18:16:
I'm a little surprised that PP hasn't been mentioned, even as an also-ran.
Maybe it's that the harshness of the parched summer is so well described? You really don't want to be there... That could well affect the pleasure of reading it.
Of course, there are wonderful passages- for me, the best is the fraught Rattletrap journey from the station to Rio.