![]() I really got a feel for the true nature of the characters, which sometimes I struggle with. It wasn’t traditional, it jumps around a lot but it was also so well done. Writing 2/2 points: I really enjoyed Levy’s writing style. This book is a deep mind dive of a young bisexual, narcissistic historian that slowly learns the value of life after a car accident. Saul is actually just rather narcissistic, he forgets the pineapple for Walter, and throughout the story we watch him treat the people in his life rather poorly. For the rest of his life he refers back to that car accident as the source of all his problems. Saul takes the picture but right before, he is hit by a car while crossing the street which seemingly sets his life on a new path. Walter also requests that Saul bring a tin of pineapple. So Saul enlists the help of his girlfriend Jennifer to take a picture of himself crossing Abbey Road to give to the sister. His host will be a translator named Walter, who’s sister is a big Beatles fan. He is invited to East Berlin to do research (on Stalin) but in exchange he must write a favourable essay about the GDR. ![]() ![]() This book followed Saul Adler, a 28-year-old bisexual historian studying male tyrants. The Man Who Saw Everything released October 15th and was long listed for the 2019 Booker Prize. Thank you very much to Penguin Random Canada for sending me a copy of this book. Who Should Read This Book: Fans of late 80’s Berlin, fans of a deep mind dive ![]()
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