"The Hunter"

I made the mistake of reading Julia Leigh's "Disquiet" before I read her first novel, "The Hunter," and almost didn't read the latter. After reading "The Hunter" in just a few days, I now understand why the forward to this book says Leigh, a thirty-one year old Australian living in Paris, was "included on the London Observer's list of twenty-one writers to watch in the twenty-first century." The story is told from the viewpoint of the protagonist, "The Hunter," and the writing is magnificent. I couldn't set aside the time to spend the day reading it or I would have finished it in one sitting. It's another paperback I picked up from my library's "Best Picks" shelf and I'm glad I did!

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