BOOK TITLE: THE MAESTRO,THE MAGISTRATE & THE MATHEMATICIAN
AUTHOR: TENDAI HUCHU
GENRE: FICTION (POLITICS)
REVIEW BY: READERS LOUNGE (I.G: @readers.lounge)
I am heart broken
right now, I mean how could Tendai Huchu do this. I read this book with great
hope but alas it didn't end the way I thought. In short i think i may have to
reread the book, i definitely missed something.
I actually feel like
slapping a couple of the characters,high on the list is that Alfonso and
even Farai for been easily deceived.
Let me give you a
little glimpse of the book, it is centered around 3 people (but believe me
none of them are important)
The Maestro is a
loner who loves reading, he is friendly at work but really he doesn't have
any friend, on his quest to find the meaning of his existence, he falls
into a deep depression. He stops going to work, gets rid of his personal
belongings and hides in his world of books, soon even his books are not
enough for him, he then burns them (I read that part with horror)
He becomes a bum and
wonders about aimlessly, he later discovers the meaning of life but
its too late.
The Magistrate, was
once a big time judge in his country with all.the perks and all. Now he is in
a foreign land and does the house chores while his wife works. Tired of
the way his life is going he decides to get a job and his friend Alfonso (I
rather be alone than have him as a friend) helps him get some menial
work. One night he comes home and finds his daughter in an
uncompromising position with her boyfriend. He is scarred for life, soon
after she announced she is pregnant.
Both families meet up
and come to some sort of agreement and she later gives birth to a baby girl
who the Magistrate adores, all the shame and hurt are vanishing.
His friend Alfonso, convinces him to take up the
leadership of one political party's branch in the country.
The Mathematician, I would have thought his
character would be that of a nerd and loner, on the contrary he is very
cheerful and lively, party goer and all. I liked his character (Tendai why
did you do this, what did Farai do to you)
He should never have bought that story Alfonso told
him, even I should have suspected but then again, the author made it look like
it was nothing until it was too late.
I still can't get over the ending, I have so many
questions:
• like will Alfonso ever be caught?
• What will happen to the magistrate now as he is
been used even without knowing?
• Will Nika realise that the document is missing
and become suspicious?
• Will the Magistrate become suspicious of
Alfonso's disappearance?
• Who is Alfonso?
On a scale of 1-10, I give the book
1. 3 for playing with my feelings
2. 4 for treating characters badly
3. 10 for the plot twist at the end, it's been a
while all my thoughts of a book had been shattered.
I also wished he had translated some local lingua
that was used, I felt left out.
I enjoyed the book and I would definitely read
another from the author but with eyes wide open, I am looking forward to that.
Good one Tendai