I just finished Empire Falls by Richard Russo. I had never heard of him or the book - but it won the Pulitzer prize - since the LA Times did away with their book section, I have not kept up with much.
A colleague at school saw me reading it and said it was great. I won't say great, particularly, but it was a good read - and a page turner there at the end - kept me awake way past my bedtime anyway!
He had a good style, a good story line, a lot like John Updike actually. But the language got dicey sometimes and I'm getting less and less tolerant of that. I do skim, but I hate having to skim.
A colleague at school saw me reading it and said it was great. I won't say great, particularly, but it was a good read - and a page turner there at the end - kept me awake way past my bedtime anyway!
He had a good style, a good story line, a lot like John Updike actually. But the language got dicey sometimes and I'm getting less and less tolerant of that. I do skim, but I hate having to skim.
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I have read it and I did enjoy it, but I wouldn't put it in the GREAT category.
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