![]() ![]() Thus, a story of love and loss, of jealousy and of death.Ĭonsequently, more than 2000 years after the Biblical tale was written, Jeffrey Archer takes it upon himself to re-write the ultimate story of sibling rivalry one which certainly mirrors the that of the Biblical brothers. When Abel’s offering is more favourably received, Cain, in a rage of jealousy, kills him. Cain offers his land’s produce Abel, some of his flock. ![]() Taken from the book of Genesis, it tells the story of brothers Cain, a farmer and Abel, a shepherd, who make offerings to the Lord. Just before beginning Archer’s debut novel, I called my father, the walking encyclopedia, to enquire about the biblical tale of Cain and Abel in case it should be of relevance to Archer’s Kane and Abel. ![]() And so, eager to discover why it had sold more than a million copies in its first week, and indeed why everyone barring myself seemed to have heard of Archer’s most famous novel, I sat down to read. Thus, when I ordered Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer, purely on the basis of its entry in the BBC’s Big Read, I was amazed to hear that a number of people I knew had read it, and even my anti-book colleague Eleanor had an unread copy of it lurking around her flat. ![]() It seems a fitting end to my first month of blogging, and indeed the last day of my January book challenge, that I review the first book I’ve read this year that has really blown me away.Īs an avid reader, it always surprises me when I come across a well-known book or author that I’m not familiar with. ![]()
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