itibaren Purshevo, Moskovskaya oblast', Rusya, 143985
What a story! They definitely don't make 'em like that anymore.
I'm going to come back to this and try again- I don't know why I didn't like it, but I couldn't get through it.
This book has been by my side for a long time. It was fustrating at first because much of the book is about developing an "ear" for writing. The assumption is that you have done so much reading of good prose that you'll be able to hear the right words to write. The book is helpful today but was fustrating when I first picked it up.
This is a dark, noirish tale of tormented characters who have no real hope of happiness or redemtpion. Joe Denton was a corrupt cop who lost his soul, his wife and his children to his gambling and drug addictions even before he brutally attacked Phil Coakley, the D.A., and disfigured him for life. Joe has spent seven years in jail and once released would like nothing more than to put his past behind him, reunite with his wife and children, and live happily every after. But within hours of his release Joe's checkered past has reached out to grab him once again. His parents are uneasy and would rather he not stay with them; his ex-wife and kids have left for parts unknown; an old crime boss is dying of cancer and threatening to take Joe down with him, and his corrupt ex-boss wants Joe to clean up the mess that threatens the both of them. Denton finds himself in an impossible situation but struggles to make the best of it. But the tentacles of his tortured past grip him like a vice and mock the dreams to which he now aspires. This is a lean, taut book that will appeal to those who like their crime fiction raw and cut close to the bone, and Dave Zeltzerman is a writer to look out for.
It's 40 years old - anyway the tennis match is that McPhee describes play-by-play in a breathtaking way, filling in with bits of the players' lives and thoughts. Everyone knows about Arthur Ashe, but I'd never heard of Graebner, his opponent. I don't know much about tennis but I would think that those who do would enjoy this book even more than I did. Fantastic read!
a selection from a now defunct book gang, the twister city text mob. i was finally able to follow through and buy the book, read it, and be ready to discuss it...and the gang fell apart! LAME!!! but the book was good. anyone wanna talk about it, i'm ready!?
Although I think at this point, he has already departed greatly from the style of his earlier works, I think this will become one of King's classics.
In my neverending quest to educate myself, I checked this one out from my library.