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Funny, tragic, idiosyncratic, embarrassingly relatable at points, & most of all intelligent as hell. Absolutely worth working through!
Apr 19, 2024
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A midcentury Southern coming-of-age tale. Raucous and vulgar, but raw and probably one of the more quotable books I’ve read. Golden wisdom through character’s failure if you can wade through the muck.
Jan 8, 2025
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Barren, hilarious, profound, mind bending
Jul 26, 2024
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Amor Towles returns with a rowdy tale of the misadventures of 4 boys as they attempt to travel the transcontinental Lincoln Highway from Times Square to San Francisco in the 1950s. Towles is one of my all-time favorite authors, his character work literally never fails. I still remember the stars from his other books: Katey Kontent, from rules of civility, climbing the social ladder in NYC (please read my rec for this book, to me its aged like fine wine & is solidified as one of my all-timers), and Count Rostov, from A Gentleman in Moscow, appreciating the small things in life: every detail. That in mind - it’s high praise when I say that Emmett, Duchess, Woolly, and Bobby may be the most memorable characters I’ve experienced in a long time. It's a fun read, filled with great characters, and a whole lotta heart.
Nov 2, 2021
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If you've read other Saunders & not understood what the fuss is about, this is what it's about. Required IMO.
Feb 19, 2024
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Whither Evelyn, Loren, Leslie?
Mar 14, 2024
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Indispensable
Feb 14, 2024