tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907747392138991807.post5651863940070190520..comments2023-06-28T11:47:06.208-04:00Comments on a book a week: The Overloaded Ark by Gerald DurrellAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10330550798080469047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907747392138991807.post-34133064292173057162009-08-03T19:13:21.883-04:002009-08-03T19:13:21.883-04:00Oh, there's always a reasonable explanation fo...Oh, there's always a reasonable explanation for the nakedness. It's one of those things where you're like, "Yes, I would also have been naked if I had been him at that moment." Which makes it funnier, usually.<br /><br />Re: the meandering sentences -- yes, you're exactly right! Not everyone can pull off a really good, very long sentence, but Durrell almost always does.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330550798080469047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907747392138991807.post-13718931692725057002009-08-03T16:07:36.307-04:002009-08-03T16:07:36.307-04:00Actually it sounds hilarious! I love all the naked...Actually it sounds hilarious! I love all the nakedness; does he ever explain what he was doing naked when he's caught off guard? <br />I love the diction of his writing. Nowadays writers have this Hemingway approach, all short sentences, very punchy. He writes like a meandering walkabout. Nice review!Mandyhttp://eoseventeen.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com