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Date: 16 April 2005 04:28:56
I finished John Fowles' "A Maggot", it ended up being a psuedo-historical story of the birth of Ann Lee, a woman who led the Shaker movement for while in the late 1700s. Although the story had very little to do with the movement or the person, Ann only being born the last, epiloguous, chapter.
I found this book very interesting in style and superb in its evocation of characters and society of the era. However plot itself seemed thin, with much of it involving fantastical stories told by the main characters to an unbelieving lawyer.
Overall: Good, but not one of Fowles' best. 5/10.