huh. also, wow.

[maribou]

Mendel's Dwarf, by Simon Mawer
I started reading this around 11 am today, and for most of the book, I was thinking, "Ah, yes. Delightful book. A bit like A.S. Byatt, only less Romantic. Every bit as satisfying as I was promised. Quite excellent. Won't be a problem to finish it by the end of the day tomorrow." And then the last third of the book blew the lid off. Its brilliance snuck up on me until at book's end, I was just sitting on my couch muttering in amazement to myself. I had to restrain the impulse to rush over to my library and check out all Mawer's other novels.

Um. It's about Gregor Mendel? And also this achondroplastic geneticist? And ... nah. I'm not going to explain any more. But it's SO SO SO GOOD. Seriously, if you like science in your fiction, like Andrea Barrett only (gasp!) even better, you ought to read it. Soon.
(65/300)

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How long is the book? It sounds interesting but I don't have that much time to read.

[maribou]

293 pages, I think? Slightly less than 300, anyway. I worked an 8 hour day that day, and didn't read while working (though I did read on the way to work and at lunch). For something with lots of genetics in it, it's a pretty quick read.