The Bridges of Madison County: a book by Robert Waller

I picked up this book the other night at home, thought it might help me sleep. Obviously I'd heard of it but I knew nothing more about it. Like that it is the best selling fiction book of all time and it spent three years on the NYT bestseller list.

Now, to be truthful this is a bit of a girly romance story, tragic love etc. It is also however very readable and conjures up nostalgia for the good old days and simple pleasures. Country roads, candlelit dinner, beautifully crafted photographs, meaningful jazz. I've read reviews which say the writing is cliched but that is not something I particularly noticed. I didn't find myself marvelling over sentence construction (I normally don't!) but the story is a good 'un and spending a few hours reading this is, I'd say, time worth spending.

Posted by Paul in Recommended Books Entertainment at May 12, 2005 02:54 AM | 1 Comments