Review: Courageous
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2013
With The Girl From Tenerife, Bernard Schaffer hits full stride as a writer. As I read the first part of the book, I thought the writing  sounded like Hemingway and then, BOOM! There he is. Schaffer's dialogue with Pappa is only one of many tasty morsels this novel offers up. The author crosses that thin barrier writers play around and courageously opens himself up to his readers with powerful and often witty observations into the human condition and himself. In doing so, he opens a door and offers the reader a chance for meaningful introspection.I have read this book twice now, something I don't often do with modern writers. There are so many layers to the story, one reading does not do the book justice. I have enjoyed Schaffer's writing for a couple of years now, but with this novel he has truly written a memorable piece of literary fiction and shows the results of his dedication to his craft.