A Week in December

Okay, so it was clever. Quite readable (though I could definitely put it down frequently). But at the same time somehow quite annoying. As another reviewer commented, it's like Ben Elton without the jokes, and with an extra helping of smug on the top. I got bored of the rants about modern life - how people are disconnected from real life, how the education system is failing and the endless stuff about hedge funds and banking. Also, I couldn't find it in myself to like or care about the characters, I felt like they were more generalisations than anything. Perhaps this is what Faulks wanted, yet another comment on how self-centered and stereotypical we've all become. Add the re-occurring ‘mysterious' bicyclist and it adds up to quite a disappointing book.