I was on Texada without my Kindle and I’d finished all of my library books. I keep a few books on the shelf in the studio, usually ones I’ve picked up at the thrift store over there. This was on the bookshelf and it was the only paperback I hadn’t read (except for a really thick one) so I picked it up.

Right from the beginning I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to enjoy it. The cover said it was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003 and I often don’t enjoy their picks. I checked just now to see what book actually won the prize and it was this one.

Vernon Little has been accused of a terrible crime in small town Texas. He’s innocent but it seems fate is out to get him. Although I was sorry that he was digging himself deeper and deeper into a hole he couldn’t get out of, I wasn’t enjoying the book.

It went from two-stars to three-stars by virtue of the ending, but it still isn’t one that I would recommend very highly.

Goodread Rating: * * *