Stand on Zanzibar

Stand on Zanzibar

1968 • 672 pages

Ratings17

Average rating3.6

15

I really wanted to like this novel. It's hailed as a classic of the genre and it is indeed bursting with ideas, enough to fill several other novels. But I struggled with it.

The pace is funereally slow. The slang terms used date the novel badly. It's like a late 60's writer's idea of what the language would become. Which is exactly what it is.

So, not for me, but I'm sure others have and will enjoy it.

November 14, 2012Report this review