Last night I started a novel by Kate Atkinson called Human Croquet (1997). It’s not an easy novel, but goodness it is
good. There is one passage where a character who was adopted as a baby by an
older couple is discussed that says, they were an old couple who only knew
about gin and canasta so they taught him both. She describes the character’s
little quirks of body language so very well. If
you have not read her work start with behind the Scenes at the Museum and go
from there.
Her novels are wonderful, but often very slow hard reads.
The detective novels are the Jackson Brodie novels.
Novels
Behind the Scenes at the Museum (1995) – winner of the 1995 Whitbread
Prize
- Human
Croquet (1997)
- Emotionally Weird (2000)
- Life After Life (2013) I didn’t really like this novel, but it was really
interesting.
- A God in Ruins (2014)
Novels Featuring Jackson Brodie (former police inspector,
now private investigator):
- Case
Histories (2004)
- One Good Turn (2006)
- When Will There Be Good News? (2008)
- Started Early, Took My Dog (2010)
Television adaptations
The four Jackson Brodie novels have been adapted by other
writers for the BBC under the series titled Case Histories, featuring Jason
Isaacs as Brodie.
Patti Wood, MA, Certified Speaking Professional - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com. Also check out Patti's YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/user/bodylanguageexpert.
