An Egyptian Journal

Sorry Bill, I just couldn't make it past chapter 6. I picked this book up a few months after visiting Egypt - maybe I wanted to see how it had changed between Golding writing about it, and me visiting. After many years of it sitting around on the shelf and in boxes, I finally decided to have a go. But between the fairly drab journey, the rather uninspiring narrative, and an overwhelming sense that it could have been more interesting if the author stopped wishing he was somewhere else, I buckled.

2 stars. There were some minor amusing or interesting bits. But otherwise it was mostly about boats and bricks.