A novel by British writer Graham Swift
"I’d like to be all kinds of people.but I can’t because I’m me.I don’t want to be like me, I want to be like them but I can’t I can’t I can’t."
It took me about one third of the book to straighten out the characters in my mind. I was thinking I should go back and re-read the beginning, but now I think it was better that all the stories were jumbled and then clarified. Or somewhat clarified. The characters themselves have not sorted out their relationships or their pasts either.