The Library of the
Dead by Glenn Cooper
At first I thought - yet another conspiracy theory
novel.
However, having said that this book kept me engrossed, in
part because it was quite complicated. The
various time settings meant you had to stay alert, because Cooper has you
jumping from one century to another, one decade to another. If you put the book down for more than a
couple of days I suspect you would struggle to pick up the various threads. There are actually several stories running at
once, all leading up to the final chapters when the whole thing comes
together. The whole tale is very cleverly
and intricately woven together.
The characters were well written and believable, and there were
scenes in the book when you could really empathise with their emotions. As a
British reader I cringed with embarrassment at the scene with the drunken Brits
on a plane – is that really how others perceive us?
There is a sequel to this novel which I will definitely
read, and he has written more books after that, so I will have to see if his
books become as predictable as those of Dan Brown. Read one – you’ve read them all.
