What colour were Madame Bovarys eyes?
Literature 101 disguised as story-telling. Madame Bovary is a magnificent story – funny too. Catch 22, Joseph Heller • Why? • “Live forever, or die in the attempt…” I was walking in the school quadrangle on lunchtime in year 12, when Angus Dorman came up with someone else and asked me which was the best book I had ever read. I was reluctant to answer. “No, go on, tell us!” Angus insisted. So I said, “Catch 22” having just finished it for the second time. He was triumphant! “See, I told you so.” he said to his mate, and they walked away. I am not sure what his point was. My literary taste, or my predictability? “Consistency may be overrated as a virtue,” said Heller in a Playboy interview. I really did buy it for the interview, really I did. Future War, Joe Haldeman • Why? • Great time-warp science fiction. He nearly did live forever – relatively speaking. Due to time-distortion with faster-than-light travel, the hero goes from battle to battle, fights for about 5 minutes, and then ge
