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Laddar... Eddie's Bastard: A Novel (utgåvan 2000)av William Kowalski (Författare)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. very good ( ) Readers are vaulted in the life of Billy Mann as he is deposited on the doorstep of his grandfather’s decrepit estate in New York state. We follow Billy’s twist and turns from his infancy to his childhood to his teenage years. He experiences the usual items and chaos that occur to any male during that period of life but he also must endure questions about his troubled background, which make for a gripping drama. http://tinyurl.com/gn2869d This is a thoroughly enjoyable novel about a young man coming of age, raised by his alcoholic grandfather. His father a war hero, his mother abandoned him and disappeared, the protagonist deals with life's deck of cards in a small town. The writing is good, there are nuggets of philosophy, but it's just a really good story, well told and unique enough to hold your interest. It's extremely rare that you come across a first novel that is as good as this one is. The quality of the writing certainly doesn't betray that fact, and I found myself having to be reminded it WAS a first novel as I read. The storyline is intriguing and it unfolds as naturally and beautifully as a morning glory. This guy is good, folks. It's not often that I read a book with characters so well fleshed out that I know they will stay with me forever, but this one certain fits that description. It's written with such a straightforwardness and such talent that I'm honestly impressed with Mr. Kowalski's skill. There are places where it is almost lyrical, but always real. These characters come alive almost instantly, which is rare for me in a novel (especially a first novel!) and even upon their introduction, I felt I knew these folks, had met them myself in my own life a time or two. As you can probably tell, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's really just about life and a small boy finding out who he is, one tiny piece at a time, but it drew me in from the first few pages and I was sorry to see it end. It's a good one and I honestly can't find a flaw in it, so it gets a 5. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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"Eddie's Bastard" is William Amos Mann IV, known as Billy -- the son of a heroic pilot killed in Vietnam and an unknown woman. The last in a line of proud, individualistic Irish-American men, Billy is discovered in a basket at the door of the dilapidated mansion where his bitter, hard-drinking grandfather, Thomas Mann, has exiled himself. Astonished and moved by the arrival of his unexpected progeny, Thomas sets out to raise the boy himself -- on a diet of love, fried baloney, and the fascinating lore of their shared heritage. Listening to his sets out to capture the stories on paper. He is a Mann, Grandpa reminds him daily, and thus destined for greatness. Through the tales of his ancestors, his own experiences, and the unforgettable characters who enhance and enliven his adolescence, Billy learns of bravery and cowardice, of life and death, of the heart's capacity for love and for unremitting hatred, eventually grasping the meaning of family and history and their power to shape destiny. Steeped in imagery and threaded with lyricism, Eddie's Bastard is a novel of discovery, of a young man's emergence into the world, and the endless possibilities it offers. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Google Books — Laddar... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:
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