Disgrace

Disgrace/J.M. Coetzee 220 pgs.

A professor in his 50's has a life changing affair with a student. The change is not one of those romantic fairy tales but ends with an "inquiry" after a complaint. He ends up jobless and shunned. He moves to the "country" to live with his daughter Lucy where he has plenty of time to reflect upon his mediocre parenting and his new life. Then tragedy strikes and he and Lucy are victims of a brutal home invasion. He is bent on extracting justice and is further alienated from Lucy when she insists on focusing on getting along and putting the event in the past.

This book deals with "big" issues but I had a hard time getting past my dislike of the main character. -Christa