The Gnome King reviewed Shylock is my name by Howard Jacobson (Hogarth Shakespeare)
Review of 'Shylock is my name' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This is the second book from the Hogarth Shakespeare project I've read, this one is based on The Merchant of Venice. I have to admit that my memory of this story is very foggy to me, I can remember Shylock and brill plot twist and a fair amount of anti-Semitism.
Shylock is my name does a good job of taking the plot of merchant of Venice and bringing it to a modern day setting. I found it an interesting read, witnessing Shylock and Strulovitch's grief and how they try to deal with their wild daughters, the prejudice they have to deal with and their own prejudices that they have against others. Some of the characters were fantastic, others made me wanna give them a slap, I really think I need to start reading pop-up books so I can start getting physical.
Whilst reading this life start imitating art, a character …
This is the second book from the Hogarth Shakespeare project I've read, this one is based on The Merchant of Venice. I have to admit that my memory of this story is very foggy to me, I can remember Shylock and brill plot twist and a fair amount of anti-Semitism.
Shylock is my name does a good job of taking the plot of merchant of Venice and bringing it to a modern day setting. I found it an interesting read, witnessing Shylock and Strulovitch's grief and how they try to deal with their wild daughters, the prejudice they have to deal with and their own prejudices that they have against others. Some of the characters were fantastic, others made me wanna give them a slap, I really think I need to start reading pop-up books so I can start getting physical.
Whilst reading this life start imitating art, a character in this book gave a Nazi salute, he was a footballer and claimed to not know that it was offensive to give the salute. One morning I came across this news story on twitter.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/wayne-hennessey-did-not-know-what-nazi-salute-was-fa-report-says_uk_5cb5cf21e4b098b9a2da79e3
Spooky stuff.
I have enjoyed this, the second book from the Hogarth Shakespeare, will definitely be checking out another book.
