At-Swim-Two-Birds

This novel seemed to me that it is more about the process of writting a story than about the actually story itself. You seem to get the feeling that the narrator is trying to figure out what kind of author he wants to be or that he is inexperienced because he never really completes a story.  It has humor built into the story, I also find it funny how the characters in the novel don't like to be controlled and they try to rebel against their creator.

Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock is a murder mystery which was a new theme for us to read.  What was not a new theme was the aspect of religion in this novel.  Like many of our books we read the characters seem to apposed to religion, characters like Pinkie are familiar as well he was once religious. When he was younger he was raised in the Catholic church but has completely rejected it now. This seems to be a theme of British novels during this time period.