Orbis Writings

After having read, The Ruins, I’ve decided to settle on some short stories.  The long novels tend to keep me exhausted after, so I needed something light.  So I decided to read something from Jeffrey Archer.  I’ve wanted to read one of this books for a long time after having listened to an interview with him on CBC radio a few years ago.

Jeffery Archer had me intrigued as a writer; the way he went about writing books and the way he thought.  I’m reading Cat O’ Nine Tails.  It’s an anthology of short stories based on stories told to him while he was in prison.  His writing is really smooth.  His stories are fun to read.  I’ve enjoyed them so much that I haven’t been paying attention to the way he writes.  He loves to have fun with the reader.  He doesn’t simply narrate the stories, involves himself in them.  I sometimes even think I can hear him speaking as he narrates the story to me.

I have a lot of respect for this author simply because he acknowledges that he’s been to prison and uses that experience to write.  I will definitely need to pick up one of his novels after this.