February 15 2016

Wake in fright, p.83 - "The stars, the western stars, so many, so bright, so close, so clean, so clear; splitting the sky in remorseless frigidity; pure stars, unemotional stars; stars in command of the night and themselves; undemanding and unforgiving; excelling in their being and forming God's incontrovertible argument against the charge of error in creating the west."

Reviewing the new book in The Australian Geordie Williamson points out how much Cook hates the countryside - but does he? Grant is not a likeable character at all, and whil the locals are hicks, they are unfailingly friendly toward him. He is the one judging them, not the other way around.

Books read: Wake in fright by Kenneth Cook