I read Iron Curtain by #VesnaGoldsworthy. A page-turner set in the 1980s. A young privileged 'red princess' from a poor unnamed central European country elopes to London in the name of love. The sense of displacement has echoes of the Patricia Engel book I read just before this. There's also enjoyable farce here even if the clichés about the UK are laid on a little thick at times. #bookToot#bookstodon#keefsreads
Be Mine. The last of Richard Ford's five Frank Bascombe novels. Frank's a bit of a boomer dick isn't he? You can't warm to him much despite life throwing plenty of crap his way. I guess age has brought a bit more self-reflection. The glimpses into American life are as ever the best things about these books for me. I'm going to have to look up the game #cornhole now. #bookstodon#KeefsReads@bookstodon