Because my life is too complicated...

I don't really want to write about myself. It's amazing how one's life can become so complicated. It was supposed to be so easy. Graduate from college, find a job I could complain about but really actually like and fall into routine. But here I am, no job (at the moment) and finding wasting time extremely hard to do. What's that about? So, instead...I'll tell you about the book I'm reading.

"The Club Dumas" by Arturo Perez-Reverte

Translated from the spanish, this novel is a complicated jumble of wonderfulness. The story starts with a handwritten chapter from The Three Musketeers (by Dumas, get it). Then the main character is given another plot completely. He sets out to compare the last known copies of a rich and bored man's book "The Nine Doors", which apparently holds the key to bringing the devil to earth. I'm a sucker for randomness, so this book takes the cake. You are introduced to characters that aren't mentioned again for six chapters and everyone has an endless sense of mystery about them. It's really comforting to know that I know absolutely nothing about these people. It's slightly more believable than those books that explain the main character's life story in the first few paragraphs and then expect you to stay interested. I actually feel like at the end of this book I'm going to be surprised. I also really like the subject matter of historical texts and the whole world of books and book forgeries. For those who have seen the movie, you should read this to get the real story. There is so much left out of the movie, they basically erase the underlining plot of the Dumas Manuscript. I understand that it may be too complicated to get everything in the novel into two hours, but it really adds a lot to the story. 

So, if you need a good novel to pass the time and are tired of the predictable, try The Club Dumas.