19-21/50: Qamar, Teo, Whitehead

[cyphomandra]

I borrowed all of these from the library, but they don't have a lot else in common - the first is a YA, coming of age (or responsibility) novel, set in contemporary Pakistan; the second, a literary novel that mixes general and personal histories to create various identities (in families, in cultures, in racial/ethnic groups); and the third is a

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[ext_194791]

I personally like "John Henry Days" better than either "Apex" or "Intuitionist" so you might try that.

[cyphomandra]

I have now borrowed it from the library, so eventually there should be scientific comparisons!

[icecreamempress]

Apex Hides the Hurt is my very favorite Colson Whitehead book (and I've liked all his books a lot) so I guess it goes to show how opinions vary. OTOH, I used to do public relations/image architecture work myself, so that might be part of why this book appealed so strongly to me.

[cyphomandra]

I now have a copy of John Henry Days, so I'll see how that goes. I think that I liked both Lila Mae and the central conceit of The Intuitionist more than the corresponding narrator/concept for Apex, but I still enjoyed it a lot.