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Adam Burgess
Summary: Flannery O’Connor’s The Violent Bear It Away: A Novel is a novel strongly concerned with Christian fanaticism & indoctrination, education, and family. The story presents us with three male generations of the family Tarwater: The elder or “great” Uncle, a mentally unbalanced, violent man &… Continue Reading “Review: The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O’Connor”
Summary: Michael Cox’s The Meaning of Night: A Confession is a murder-mystery tale, set in the mid-19th century, with an attempt on the author’s part to portray the story in the contemporary (i.e. Cox presents the work as if it had been written in… Continue Reading “Review: The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox”
Summary: Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath is an intense, harrowing account of one family’s struggle to survive, after being dislocated from their Oklahoma ranch and forced to move to California – land of prosperity for work. The Joad family and their local (former) preacher,… Continue Reading “Review: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck”
Summary: Anthony Burgess’s Nothing Like the Sun is a highly fascinating, albeit fictional, re-telling of Shakespeare’s love life. In 234 pages, Burgess manages to introduce his reader to a young Shakespeare, developing into manhood and clumsily fumbling his way through his first sexual escapade… Continue Reading “Review: Nothing Like the Sun by Anthony Burgess”
Summary George, the main character, is an English-born gay man, living and working as a literature professor in Southern California. George is struggling to readjust to “single life” after the death of his long-time partner, Jim. George is brilliant but self-conscious. He is determined… Continue Reading “Review: A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood”
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