Book - K-Pax
Author - Gene Brewer
My wife has a cousin called Beth who is a science graduate from the University of Sheffield and she is now aged 22 or 23.
I have known Beth since she was 6 years old. Since Beth was about 10 I have been copying the books that she is reading whenever I meet her because she has such a great taste which seems to fit with the things I really enjoy.
This started with Children’s books like Artemis Fowl and progressed onto His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman which are perhaps some of the most important books I have ever read.
She has never given me a bad recommendation from age 10 onwards and I have always trusted whatever she is reading and generally got hold of it and read it.
There is an added advantage to this as whenever it comes round to a Birthday or Christmas, generally Alison’s aunt will ask Beth what book she likes and they will buy it for me.
This was the case in 2011 when for my Birthday I received K-Pax by Gene Brewer. I had no idea of what K-Pax was, I had never heard of it before and I was surprised to see Kevin Spacey on the front cover and to discover the fact that it had been made into a film.
If I am honest, when I first looked at it, I wasn’t particularly impressed but because it was a “Beth Book” I thought I had better read it because it must be good!
I started to read it and was completely entranced by it. It is the only time I have finished a book and not really been sure whether it was fiction or non-fiction. Infact, I had to Google it and still didn’t manage to find the answer.
Time passed and I read other books and basically forgot about K-Pax until for my 40th Birthday this year, I received K-Pax 2. I then discovered that there are 3 main K-Pax books.
K-Pax 2 manages to carry on fantastically from K-Pax 1 and continues to address the issues through the wonderful story that it tells.
I won’t explain what the book is about but it is a pretty complicated set-up which strikes at the very heart of what you believe and questions your ability to believe the things you see around you.
It is hilariously funny in places but terribly sad in others.
It is just a fantastic emotional read and I would recommend anyone to pick it up and get going with it like I did.
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