Without getting into details, I learned today that The Boss is no longer my boss. Super sad. 8 years we’ve worked together and he has been nothing but encouraging in my bookish pursuits. He supports my blogging, is always interested in what I’m reading, and even encouraged me to go to BEA. He’s a fan of Robert Parker and I introduced him to Linda Castillo’s Kate Burkholder series. Back about 6 years ago, he insisted I read a little book The Kite Runner. In 2007 he read a review of the newest book by this English author I had never heard of. So I picked up a copy of On Chesil Beach, and Ian McEwan has become one of my favorite authors.
I won’t be seeing him every day anymore. But I know he will be a life-long friend and we will always share bookish banter. Thank you, sir, for letting me be myself and being the best boss a girl could ask for. I’ll miss you…
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About Ian McEwan: he’s been my favorite English author and one of my favorite authors for several years. ON CHESIL BEACH is not his best book, but I’m sure I know what won you over–his writing is so beautiful that it makes you want to reread sentences and paragraphs, not because you didn’t understand them the first time but because you want the pleasure of hearing them again.
His best books of those I’ve read so far (which are many) are ATONEMENT (which is well known) and ENDURING LOVE (which is not). ENDURING LOVE is not what the title makes you think it is. It’s about an actual syndrome, which he explains in the back of the book, and I wish I had read first.