Homecoming

This book Homecoming by Bernhard Schlink was interesting and a little hard to get in to at first. The main character, Peter, was born during the War and was told his father had died. His mother brought him up and and he also spent his holidays with his beloved paternal grandparents. They valued books and Peter became intrigued with the manuscript of a story of a soldier returning from the War. He had only part of it and couldn't find the ending, so eventually became obsessed with finding the author and the end of the story. He found it was based on the "ultimate" homecoming story The Odyssey - as are all "homecoming" stories (according to the book). He also has a romantic interest which is sometimes dysfunctional. Finally he learns the truth about his father and has a bizarre "confrontation" with him. A strange story. 31/2/5