Turbulence by David Szalay

"... In this wondrous, profoundly moving novel, Szalay's diverse protagonists circumnavigate the planet in twelve flights, from London to Madrid, from Dakar to Sao Paulo, to Toronto, to Delhi, to Doha, en route to see lovers or estranged siblings, aging parents, baby grandchildren, or nobody at all. Along the way, they experience the full range of human emotions from loneliness to love and, knowingly or otherwise, change each other in one brief, electrifying interaction after the next.

Written with magic and economy and beautifully exploring the delicate, crisscrossed nature of relationships today, Turbulence is a dazzling portrait of the interconnectedness of the modern world." (Goodreads.com)

For such as small book, Szalay really moved me with his short vignettes that peer into the lives of people from all across the world. The book caught my attention because it centered around people traveling and as someone who likes to travel I found it interesting to read about travelers and how their actions effect one and other in unexpected ways. Written beautifully, this is definitely a book I could read again.

Kelsey Fitzgerald
Library Assistant 

Available at the Langley Adams Library