After reading a recent review of
Life of Pi on
The Complete Booker, I have been pondering memorable books in general and Booker winners in particular.
I remembered that I really loved
Life of Pi while I read it. I thought it was an incredible book. But I also realized that it is a novel that did not stick with me. I never find myself thinking about it, much as I loved it at the time. On the other hand, there are plenty of books that did not pack the same wallop, but I dwell on them for years after -- for example,
Last Orders by Graham Swift (1996 Booker winner):
Or,
The Old Devils by Kinglsley Amis (1986 Booker winner):
Why is this? Why do some books linger, while others might pop, but then fade?
