Reviews for The Alchemist

The average rating for The Alchemist based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-10-28 00:00:00 Tom McQuillan I read this because I'd seen a reference to it in relation to Finnegans Wake which I had been reading at the time. I didn't really find any parallels between the two except for the time they were set in, and the politics of that period that are mentioned. Shaw's Irishman made-good, who returns to his homeplace to modernize it, is a peculiar type - I hadn't come across a character like him before, and the Englishman he takes along with him is quite thoroughly ridiculous. The locals equally so. Over the top satire, all in all. But enjoyable. Some good speeches.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-09-29 00:00:00 Trevor Gray Seems to portray the typical well-fed liberal Englishman in his quest to make common ground with a people who have endured hardships beyond his understanding and are split between humouring him good-naturedly or rebelling against the insidious form of British influence he represents. It seems endlessly relevant.