Reviews for The Silverado Squatters

The average rating for The Silverado Squatters based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-06-16 00:00:00 Marco Travaglini In the introduction to this book, Graham Swift states that it started out as simply a collection of non-fiction pieces but that it ended up being somewhat of an autobiography as well. In my opinion it didn't really succeed on that level at all. I really didn't learn all that much about his life from this book other than he's a writer, has quite a few other writers as friends, and drinks quite a bit. For example early on in the book he mentions that he found the love of his life and married her and that's the last time she's mentioned in 400 pages. Unfortunately, I wasn't all that enamored by the essays for the most part either. Several of them were transcripts of interviews, which I found to be quite boring. In fact I found the book as a whole to be uninteresting. Even though I've only read two of his novels, I think he should stick to fiction.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-01-07 00:00:00 Thomas Allen This took forever to read, not because I didn't like it, but it was something I could put down easily. I think it is a nice read for people who like his writing and his books. I personally enjoyed to read about his attitude and thoughts of writing itself. However I would not recommend this to anyone unfamiliar with his work. (I also have to admit I skipped most of the poetry, wasn't for me)