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10+ obres 2,151 Membres 178 Ressenyes 2 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Brock Clarke teaches creative writing at the University of Cincinnati.

Inclou aquests noms: Brock Clark, Brock Clarke, Brock Clarke

Obres de Brock Clarke

Obres associades

New Stories from the South 2004: The Year's Best (2004) — Col·laborador — 33 exemplars
New Stories from the South 2003: The Year's Best (2003) — Col·laborador — 32 exemplars
Stories from the Blue Moon Café III (2004) — Col·laborador — 19 exemplars
The Alumni Grill: Volume II, Anthology of Southern Writers (2005) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
The Algonquin Reader: Fall 2014 — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1968-11-19
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
Llocs de residència
Portland, Maine, USA
Professions
creative writing teacher
author
Organitzacions
Bowdoin College

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Fabulous title and an interesting premise, writing is easy to read and follow, but ultimately unsatisfying. Sam Pulsifer (nice name choice, btw) is the unfortunate narrator, with an even more unfortunate history of killing two people accidentally in a house fire.

Thie is supposed to be funny in the way that "all of life is trying to kill me" sort of way, but I got only a few smirks out of this book, and no belly laughs. The guy is too pathetic. Laughing at him is, for me, like crushing a slug.

For those who like a pathetic anti-hero who has life continue to fall on him, this would be a fun read. It is well-written and makes internal sense. It simply isn't to my taste.

I did enjoy the series of people who really wanted to line up to burn down writer's homes. I would have liked more on why they felt so strongly about their destruction. Lots of funny stories in there....
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Dabble58 | Hi ha 88 ressenyes més | Nov 11, 2023 |
While I found the premise interesting, I found most of the characters inauthentic. There was a lot of unrealized potential in this book. Miller's voice felt particularly unreal. No 10 year old, no matter how precocious, talks like Miller does. I enjoyed the novel, but wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
 
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dogboi | Hi ha 5 ressenyes més | Sep 16, 2023 |
Ressenya escrita per a Crítics Matiners de LibraryThing .
This is a quirky book about Calvin Bledsoe, who after both his parents die within weeks of each other ends up on a trans-Atlantic journey with an aunt he never knew existed. I don’t think this book gets the credit it deserves, and it may not be for everyone, but if you enjoy novels told from the point of view of non-neurotypical characters who may not be reliable narrators, this may be for you.
½
 
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JessiAdams | Hi ha 22 ressenyes més | Jan 12, 2023 |
 
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kerryp | Hi ha 22 ressenyes més | Jan 3, 2023 |

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Obres
10
També de
8
Membres
2,151
Popularitat
#11,958
Valoració
3.1
Ressenyes
178
ISBN
54
Llengües
5
Preferit
2
Pedres de toc
106

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