Journey North

I have long thought that Sundays lent themselves to reading, particularly a rainy, gray day like today. I have picked up The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher as my next read. With its nearly 600 pages of prose, perhaps my mind was subconsciously preparing for North and South. I’m one sixth (easy math) into the story which, thus far, has begun the tale of two families in the area of Sheffield, UK. This book was short-listed for the 2008 Man Booker Prize and Hensher’s The Mulberry Empire also received a nod for the 2002 Longlist. I sense a mid-afternoon break for tea in my future. Cheers!