Disgrace – J.M.Coetzee

I really rated this highly, although that isn’t too surprising; it won the Booker in 1999. It reminded me a fair bit of latter-day Ian McEwan with an added layer of South African politics.

The theme seemed to me to be those things that divide us – age, race, gender, wealth – and the futility of trying to overcome them. A glum subject, but the writing is so brilliant that it’s no chore to read.