Reviews and Comments

This one was NOT GOOD. Too many characters to follow, overlapping relationships, and numerous women with long blond hair. As this series progresses, Griffiths introduces numerous new characters (family members, law enforcement, friends, coworkers, etc.) who start out on the periphery but will inevitably become key witnesses/victims in later stories.

The majority of the audiobook is narrated by Mahmoud Khalil. One section is read by Daoud Heidami. The book is a valuable account of what happened to Mr. Khalil and countless others, and he is to be commended for bringing to light what the United States government is doing.

From the book jacket:

Cricket Dibb, born on the American prairie, has no particular prospects or ambitions until, in grade school, he realizes he can draw. He soon meets a girl, one year older, Olympia Argyros, who is captivating and brilliant and far more worldly. Thus begins a sixty-five-year entwining of Cricket and Olympia, encompassing friendship, working partnership, and love affair.

Contrapposto is a moving and very funny novel about allies and art, and what it means to be an artist.

Free EPUB download from publisher www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111705446/html

The narrator of this audiobook, Dominic Hoffman, spoke to a class I was taking. After hearing Mr. Hoffman speak, I wanted to listen to the audiobook and was not disappointed - in fact, I enjoyed listening to the audio version more than reading the printed book.

SFPL speaker Paul Herman

permanent loan from D / June 2025

Enjoyed this so much

Because this book received the Booker Prize, I expected something different. There were some lyrical passages but overall I felt as distant from this book as the space station was from the earth.