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Sep 12, 2012
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This is my first DAR read, possibly surprising; because I live in New Brunswick. I heard him read last winter and was impressed with the old guy's prose so much I couldn't sluff him off any longer. I picked this thing up for $1 at a library sale. I have two more in my pile.
My first reaction: "are people serious about this man's greatness as a writer?" It read like something a middle schooler on serious drugs might write, telling vs. showing at its worst. I read a few pages then set it down for a ...more
My first reaction: "are people serious about this man's greatness as a writer?" It read like something a middle schooler on serious drugs might write, telling vs. showing at its worst. I read a few pages then set it down for a ...more
One of the seven novels read for my Maritime fiction course. David Adams Richards is a powerful New Brunswick author, and this is the third in his first Miramachi trilogy. For earlier background on many of the characters, Nights Below Station Street should be read. Each work is self-contained.
Aug 02, 2010
Ibis3
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