THIS WEEK’S HALLOWEEN-RECOMMENDED BOOK IS ONE
YOU CAN’T PUT DOWN, PROVIDED YOU REALLY, REALLY READ IT STRAIGHT THROUGH…
IF YOU ALLOW THE STORY TO CARRY YOU ALONG…
IF YOU SUSPEND ALL JUDGEMENT TILL THE LAST PAGE,
YOU’LL HAVE QUITE A RIDE.
You’ll never find this bestseller on the New York Times bestseller list, but it’s a book that will stay with you the rest of your life…a book that hasn’t been out of print for two centuries.
In keeping with the month of Halloween, this is one to scare you:
Once you’ve read the scariest books ever written, Halloween is never over, and you are never the same.
NOW READ THIS:
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
(“…my only way to go about an attempt for an escape was, if possible, to get a savage into my possession…”)
This is a 200-year-old novel, based on a true story, about a man totally isolated from other human beings. The theme is universal: how would you survive if you had only your wits, if you had no-one else to rely on?
And how would you deal with the solitary confinement of a desert island, never knowing whether you’d be rescued, whether you’d be eaten alive, whether you’d be taken by a virus or an accident?
And, what would happen if you got your wish, only to be surrounded by cannibals whose only mission is to have you for dinner—literally?
Hey, give it a try. It’s worth the effort
READ AND CRINGE!
© 2010 A.D. by Jim Reed