52/6 #4 - Tunnel Visions
24/7/07 - Tunnel Visions by Christopher Ross
This book is either
a) A self-effacing witty discourse as to the mundanities of working on the London underground through the eyes of the world’s smartest man - a philosopher who has travelled the world, being blown up, taught kung-fu in the far east, smuggled things in the middle east and wound up a tubie for the intellectual pleasure of it all…
b) A self aggrandising hagiography (Like there’s any other kind) with embellishments of a wannabe Indiana Jones figure who presents himself as a ‘philosopher’ as he travels the world seeking enlightenment…
c) A thready narrative from a writer who has grasped hooking his audience but confuses his conclusion by having an entire section of the book as snatches of philosophical musing without conclusion.
Either way, I enjoyed it. Tomorrow’s book’s a little heavier though.
