13 - The Chemistry of Tears, by Peter Carey
WHY I PICKED IT: Picked it up at an airport book store
ELAPSED TIME: 1 Week
RATING: Meh
Telling two parallel stories, Catherine, a conservator at the Swinburne Museum who is grieving the loss of her (married) lover by rebuilding an automaton... and Henry who commissioned the creation of the automaton to amuse his dying son 150 years earlier.
Carey writes beautifully... characters that you appreciate and whose head you (as the reader) can fit into. The transitions between the two stories are well thought out and flow well. But, the story is a bit too much on the fringe of normal, and ultimately drags on too long.
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