Received another ARE from Random House courtesy of Librarything.com. This one is a historical novel, "Tipperary" by Frank Delaney. In return I am to read and review, posting my review on Librarything and sending it to Random House.
So far I have only finished the first chapter. I've read plenty of historical fiction, of course. My favorite author in that genre is Geraldine Brooks. Well, Delaney is not in that class, but I am still very early in the novel. One thing that is puzzling is his use of a modern narrator (in third person) as a wrapper around the historical story. Puzzling and confusing. What is the purpose of that? The modern narrator doesn't seem to be contributing anything, and actually distracting me from the real story. Maybe things will improve as I get further into the book.
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