The Intentions Book by Gigi Fenster review

The Intentions Book, the first novel by Gigi Fenster, hinges on the distinctly unusual character of Morris Goldberg, says Louise O'Brien.

By Louise O'Brien In Books

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23rd June, 2012

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Semi-retired and solitary since the loss of his wife, he has just learnt his daughter is missing, tramping in the Tararua Ranges with the weather closing in. The anxious wait for news prompts him to think back over his life, seeking answers to its accumulated questions. The impediments to his search – the parallel to the search for his daughter – are Morris’s difficulty in expressing or identifying his emotions, his aversion to intimacy and his aloneness even in the midst of a loving family. Morris’s job as a metadata analyst – tracking the movement of information – is the ...

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