[RussellPG]

Of what I've heard Desert is one of the peak moments in Le Clezio literature and by the way you are reviewing the novel it doesn't sound too tempting to read. It sounds so similar to Poisson d'Or, the novel I read from Le Clezio 2 weeks ago, which starts very appealing to the reader and then it keeps falling until the main purpose gets lost. At the end it surfaces again but without the same glimpse from the beggining. I'm about to create a post on the Poisson d'Or and you can tell me if you agree in what I comment.