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Bezig met laden... Tomcat in Love (1998)door Tim O'Brien
  
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  tyk314 | Jan 22, 2024 |   I wanted to read this book because I had previously read The Things They Carried and In the Lake of the Woods. I'd call myself a Tim O'Brien fan at this point, and this book is a very nice change from the others I have read. (  ) tyk314 | Jan 22, 2024 | If you loved Pale Fire or any book by Philip Roth (I did, I do), then you will enjoy this book. Somehow for me though, this one just caught in my throat. (  ) jscape2000 | Jun 23, 2019 | Anyway, this is a really well-written book, and as loathsome as Chippering is, I think O'Brien turns a mirror around a bit to point it back at the reader. The satire works, too, though I can't figure out how some reviewers pegged this as a straight-up ha-ha comedy. It's a comedy in the classic Greek sense, I guess.... ( ) wordsampersand | Dec 6, 2018 | To the rest of us, Tom is a mysogenistic narcissist--and has been for years. When his wife leaves him to marry a man whom he won't even name, but simply calls "tycoon"...Tom's grip of reality starts to falter. From public spankings, black mail, live crying fits/suicide threats on television to his old Vietnam 'buddies' who promised to enter his life again...to kill him--Tom needs some help. The ONLY thing that killed the book for me was the last 30 pages. I would have preferred a different ending. Regardless, you should read it and see if you agree with me or not. ( ) csweder | Jul 8, 2014 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE THINGS THEY CARRIED In this wildly funny, brilliantly inventive novel, Tim O'Brien has created the ultimate character for our times. Thomas Chippering, a 6'6" professor of linguistics, is a man torn between two obsessions: the desperate need to win back his former wife, the faithless Lorna Sue, and a craving to test his erotic charms on every woman he meets. But there are complications, including Lorna Sue's brother, Herbie, with whom she has an all-too-close relationship, and the considerable charms of Chippering's new love, the attractive, and of course already married, Mrs. Robert Kooshof, who may at last satisfy Chippering's longing for intimacy. In Tomcat in Love, Tim O'Brien takes on the battle of the sexes with astonishing results. By turns hilarious, outrageous, romantic, and deeply moving, this is one of the most talked about novels in years: a novel for this and every age. From the Trade Paperback edition.. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I wanted to read this book because I had previously read The Things They Carried and In the Lake of the Woods. I'd call myself a Tim O'Brien fan at this point, and this book is a very nice change from the others I have read. (