![]() ![]() ![]() The protagonist of the book is Peter Leigh, an enthusiastic minister who is sent by a company called USIC to another planet, named Oasis after a young girl who entered the name into a competition. The Book of Strange New Things is a genre-buster that defies classification: sci fi, romance, literary fiction, dystopia, whatever you want to call it, The Book of Strange New Things is a moving and engaging read. That said, I feel the book deserves a review, and I want to explore it a bit more in depth, so I’m going to review it anyway. You could, like I did, judge the book solely by its elegant cream and gold cover, the author’s growing and well-deserved reputation, and just plunge in without preamble. Trust me on that without the need for substantiation. ![]() Just go and read The Book of Strange New Things. So stop reading this review now, and read no other reviews. This surprise continued throughout the book and added to my pleasure as a reader. When I realised what Faber was doing with his plot, I was delighted and surprised. I had no idea what the plot was about other than the very nondescript wording on the back which indicated that the book was about a missionary who goes some distance to preach the word of Jesus to natives. For one thing, I came to the book with no preconceptions. I hesitate to review The Book of Strange New Things. ![]()
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