Thread: What book have you tried to read many times but could not finish?
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Old 03-01-2009, 06:16 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The "The Name of the Rose". Superb book - a medieval detective story.
I've read The Name of the Rose, and Foucault's Pendulum, and enjoyed them thoroughly, but I've had The Island of the Day Before sitting there waiting for a couple of years ago. A friend told me it's their favourite of Eco's books, and I'll definitely get around to it eventually.

However, that doesn't qualify, since I have not "tried to read" it. The book that satisfies that is Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses. I've started it a few times and, honestly, the writing is quite magic to read, but I keep stalling for some reason I don't rightly know. However, a fan of Rushdie's work that I know suggests I read Midnight's Children first, as in his opinion it is a better work, and he reckons that might break the barrier I'm hitting with Verses.

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Marc
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