Reviews round-up
Son of Nobody
by Yann Martel
1 of 5 critics positive
6 reviews: 1 positive, 2 mixed, 2 pans; 1 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“the inspired latest from Booker winner Martel”
Son of Nobody by Yann Martel
Mixed
Read the review ↗“ambitious, structurally problematic novel”
Son of Nobody by Yann Martel review – Life of Pi author discovers a long-lost poem from Troy
Pan
Read the review ↗“more proof that Yann Martel is a literary paper tiger”
Son of Nobody is more proof that Yann Martel is a literary paper tiger
Pan
Read the review ↗“descends into implausibility”
Ancient texts and marital breakdown: Yann Martel’s Son of Nobody descends into implausibility
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“offers a Nabokovian twist”
An Unearthed Trojan War Epic, With a Novel in the Footnotes
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