Reply To: The Madness of Crowds: What did you think of it and why?
I have been drawn back to this book again and again. I think it is because the emotions in this one are so raw and human but so is the compassion. One person’s life and work have been spent justifying an unjustifiable act. Another was spent trying to erase his own complicity in the same kind of horror. And there’s a whole overlying question of what do we want as a society, the cold calculations of eugenics, the rage of Jean-Guy in response, or something in between. In the end, the murder has its own cry for love and acceptance. And as for me, there is really no place I’d rather be than in the company of our friends from Three Pines, surrounded by too much food and crackling fires and children celebrating a New Year’s tradition. I like the questions and the fierce love in this one.