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Bezig met laden... Kings Row (1940)door Henry Bellamann
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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. 501. Kings Row, by Henry Bellamann (read 25 July 1956) Very poor book. Nothing good about it. Light but superficial too. Obvious. Moronic. ( ) As my grandfather grew up in Fulton, MO and his brother was friends with the author, I thought I'd read this novel to pick up any insights I could into my grandfather's boyhood in a particular place and a particular time in American history. I wish I hadn't. The writing was awful: amateurish and rambling. I'd stack its awfulness right up there with Dan Brown's awfulness and James Michener's awfulness. The central theme of sociopathology/incest overshadows any other aspect of life in this small American town in the Midwest at the turn of the century. It might have made a good psychological thriller, if the writer had been able to write. Or if the writer had examined other lives in town with more insight, it could have touched Winesburg, Ohio. This is one of those rare novels, like Jaws, whereby the movie(albeit melodramatic) turned out much better than the book. I recommend skipping it. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Only edition of KINGS ROW in print. No printings but KINGDOM HOUSE editions have a biographical and historical illustrated introduction. Contains map, town photographs, and stills and background on the Ronald Reagan fil Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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