Hot Milk

Author: Deborah Levy

The Man Booker Prize for 2016 is going to be announced at the end of this month (Oct. 25th) and this book is on the short list. It tells a rather offbeat story of a young girl Sofia who is caring for her mother’s mysterious illness. The book is weird in many ways. For instance, the word “caring” is mostly about getting her mother a glass of water, which see seems to be very picky about. Her mother seeks out a medical facility run by a quirky doctor on a remote beach town in Spain. The narrative hurtles along with one hallucinogenic chapter after another that might make more sense if I was smoking something.

On the positive side the book is well written and Ms. Levy does a great job of holding your interest to turn the pages. It is a quick read and I did learn a thing or two about Jellyfish stings.