I just finished reading Wanting, a novel by Richard Flanagan.
Reading this book was an assignment for the Post Colonial Literature course I'm taking this semester, and I am pleased to report that I greatly enjoyed Flanagan's work. It is always nice to be assigned to read something that you truly end up enjoying.
Flanagan's diction was refreshing and thought provoking, and I appreciated his writing style. The novel is separated into two stories that flip-flop from chapter to chapter. At first, this flip-flop organization confused me a little, but once I understood what was going on it stopped bothering me. Flanagan borders on historical fiction, using historical figures to shape his story, but he does use enough creative license to make this work a truly fictional novel.
Overall, I found this book to be an enjoyable read. It is quite easy to get through, but it does provide thought provoking insight into the power struggle of humanity. Admitting that I have not delved too far into the genre of Post Colonial literature, I must say that from what I have read, Flanagan has thus far been one of my favorite authors.
