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Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19718 Location: Cumberland, RI
tragabigzanda wrote:
I didn’t know he had a new book out. Synopsis sounds great. I’ll add it to the list.
Sorry, this one is actually old, it's just my favorite I've read this year so far. Opened the year with a disappointment (Station 11), a clunker (The Calcutta Chromosome), and a fun little diversion (Night Train). Lush Life is the first one I've picked up that I haven't been able to put down.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19718 Location: Cumberland, RI
I still haven't been able to nail down what I was looking for in Station Eleven that it didn't deliver on. I was much more interested in the older characters who were already aged in the "old world" than I was in the youngsters, so those parts--like Clark's and Jeevan's--were my favorites.
Lush Life, the way the dialogue brings the world to life is my favorite part so far. Every character has a unique voice. I also just started rewatching Homicide, which it reminds me a lot of. So it hit at just the right time.
He wrote for The Wire didn't he? So it makes sense that this reminds you of Homicide.
I don't think I ever really became aware of who he was until The Deuce came out (maybe The Night Of?) and I've been meaning to read him since.
Gotcha. I didn't know who he was until one of the folks in my writer's group told me that one is my pieces was similar to Price. They thought I'd really like his stuff and recommended Lush Life.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 6:02 am Posts: 9712 Location: Tristes Tropiques
Norris wrote:
I'm on the last few chapters of the second Wheel of Time Book. Also reading Rick Perlstein's book on the Goldwater campaign.
I've been slowly plodding through this one as back-up bedtime reading for a few months now. It's really interesting but man does he get into the weeds a bit.
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 2:04 pm Posts: 37156 Location: September 2020 Poster of the Month
Mickey wrote:
Norris wrote:
I'm on the last few chapters of the second Wheel of Time Book. Also reading Rick Perlstein's book on the Goldwater campaign.
I've been slowly plodding through this one as back-up bedtime reading for a few months now. It's really interesting but man does he get into the weeds a bit.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 6:02 am Posts: 9712 Location: Tristes Tropiques
More than I ever really wanted to know about F. Cliff White.
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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