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| A Fool's Alphabet | 
 enlarge | Author: Sebastian Faulks
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 84610
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 009922321X
EAN: 9780099223214
ASIN: 009922321X
Publication Date: January 3, 1998
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an excellent read June 4, 2001
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
I would recommend this to anyone who enjoyed Birdsong - indeed, if you haven't read Birdsong, read this. The story is well crafted, and superbly told - each chapter jumping to another stage of Pietro's life. The reader is taken through the life of Pietro - the son of an English soldier and an Italian girl. Each chapter reveals more about Pietro, and most also leave questions to be answered, such as "what happened to Laura?". The reader is left satisfied at the end, and yet wanting more.
 A thoughtful, well crafted piece of work May 22, 2000
22 out of 24 found this review helpful
This was my second Sebastian Faulks novel (my first was Birdsong), however, I was not disappointed, quite the opposite. This is a book rich in depth - of prose, description and character. Each chapter peels back another layer to unfold the inner Pietro, and forces us to look back at the choices we have made during life and how they have shaped our future.. quite simply a good book.
an engrossing and enthralling piece of work..... January 7, 2000
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I simply adore this book....infact,I have read it again and again and everytime a new dimension, a new thought filters through,just like the sunlight from behind the clouds...yes,it demands concentration and as you ponder over the scattered life that Pietro spent and as you read about what, where and how he felt and thought,not only you discover Pietro but also your ownself!! As John Lennon put it,"Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans"...the desciption of all what happened around Pietro is even more interesting!
an engrossing and enthralling piece of work..... January 7, 2000
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I simple adore this book....infact,I have read it again and again and everytime a new dimension, a new thought filters through,just like the sunlight from behind the clouds...yes,it demands concentration and as you ponder over the scattered life that Pietro spent and as you read about what, where and how he felt and thought,not only you discover Pietro but also your ownself!! As John Lennon put it,"Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans"...the desciption of all what happened around Pietro is even more interesting!
A well-constructed, absorbing and touching read. December 13, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
For some reason this book has never been as feted as Faulks' others - particularly the brilliant Birdsong. However, I found it every bit as compelling, as the story of Pietro's life unfolds in a series of chapters ordered not by time, but alphabetically by place - moving back and forth through the years, slowly sketching in the events and turning points which have created the character. The novel demands a great deal of attention, and repays it with corresponding depth and significance. The reader is drawn to consider the extent to which the chance events of anyone's life are fundamentally formative of their personality, watching Pietro alternately struggling against and following the path he is offered.
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