Heard about this author, not on NPR, but in The Atlantic. It intrigued me, so I check out a few of his books. They are pretty good, as his zillions of readers would agree. This one has strippers and violence, Jersey and Vegas. Good stuff. Couldn't put it down, read it in one day. READ THE LARGE PRINT EDITION, much much easier! Read it agin in 2009! Still great, several weeps.
Let us see, a probably dead guy who is not dead, a parent who is not dead, but is. A hippie killer. A yuppie killer. Russian ex-KGB. A probably dead SISTER. Nothing disturbing here.
We meet Eva Wylie, London wrestler, for the first time (I think), as she gets between two gangs battling over the protection rackets. Anna Lee is a periphial character.
Arlette Rosen helps people write books. No space ships in this tome, so I had to FORCE myself to finish it, as it gets kinda introspective as we go along. I was near to quitin' when the penis poem came along on page 189. In other new--how come Harbinger says on page 79 that he is NOT a Sikh, the several times, page 208, for example, says he IS a Sikh?
Quote:
Arlette stood back. She smiled at Jake, and leaned against the wall. "I wrote my first penis poem, " she said, smiling. Jake looked a little pale.
Very intense story of violence and intimidation by 'roided high school football players against the gymnastics squad. Excellent story, but it is not going in the middle school library. A bit too much cussing, violence, and a rape take it to high school. I read the Advance Uncorrected Galley.
Marla Shore finds out who framed her ex-husband in what looks like the fourth entry in the Bad Hair Day Mystery series. Learned about fish raising and coffee plantations.
Published in 1971, this 62-page book is in turns interesting, and faintly disgusting. Illustrated by Jean Zallinger. On Goodreads I learned that the author also wrote The Magic Schoolbus series.
Lots of action. Not a lot of deep thinking required to read. I love the Coast Guard! I probably would have joined the Coast Guard but I figured you probably had to be able to swim, and that's a problem for me. Is there a sequel? 'Cause this one kinda left me hanging, story-wise. But, COAST GUARD IN SPACE!!
SPELLED AUTHORS NAME WRONG!! FIX IT!! SHOULD BE "Myke"
The author's parents move to Maine, buy a piece of land from Helen and Scott Nearing, and start an organic farm. I REALLY enjoyed reading this memoir as I have read of the Nearings in Mother Earth News back in the day. From reading this I am sure I did not have the gumption to go "back to the land". Excellent book! Read the Uncorrected Proof edition.