I've just read Death With Interruptions (As Intermitências Da Morte) of José Saramago. I have to say I actually wanted to read The Stone Raft, but since that book wasn't available and the story on the cover of Death With Interruptions was really intriguing I bought this one. Just be honest, who wouldn't want to read a book that started with "The next day nobody died".
This picture perfectly fits with the picture I had of Saramago when I was reading the first half of the book. It's full of really playful humour as he seriously describes the way the government, the church, insurance companies and hospitals handle the situation in a country where suddenly nobody dies.
There is a real turn in the book when the reader actually meets "death" as a character. From that moment on a bit more drama takes place.
I don't want to spoil your fun by telling the whole story, because I really enjoyed reading this book.
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Sounds intriguing indeed. This book will probably the next I read. Thanks!
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