false <![CDATA[The History of Luminous Motion]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182864503m/1340821.jpg 1340821 6 Phillip is eight years old. He experiences material reality as a hindrance, so he tries to stay in an inner realm composed only of abstract concepts like gravity, motion, sound and light. He lives with Mom, who stays alone in her bedroom. Once he killed a man with gleaming tools from a hardware store. He has a friend with whom he does burglary and drugs and seances. Then Dad comes to stay, and Phillip descends to a subterranean otherworld where he makes contact with "dead black things, obloid and featureless, like faintly disembodied laundry hampers." A sad, beautiful book. 224574 1989 The History of Luminous Motion total:141|5:45|4:56|3:20|2:12|1:8| 141 541 176 29 1 0 false false Sat Aug 29 22:09:03 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 22:16:51 -0700 2009 I read this many years ago, and wanted to like it. A friend in college that was extraordinarily well-read gave it to me, and another (respe...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 17:00:49 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 17:04:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 01:33:34 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 00:15:16 -0800 2009 Bugsy Malone, except instead of kids-as-harmless-gangsters, you've got kids-as-philosophical-psychopaths. At its best, this novel achieves that wonderful effect I get from guys like Barry Hannah—the sense that every sentence is so...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Mon Apr 20 17:54:08 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 18:04:03 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 10:11:45 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 14:29:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Wed Aug 12 18:32:08 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 18:34:19 -0700 2009 Dream of the Wolf. Liked both, but didn't love either. A completely interesting writer, but not one to inspire warmth.]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 23 20:00:35 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 16:27:35 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 23:19:12 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 23:20:32 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 07:13:08 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 07:14:28 -0700 2009 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a better choice.]]> 5 0 true false Wed Feb 11 20:54:07 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 20:57:20 -0800 2009 3 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Tue Jul 01 05:55:28 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 06:00:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 20 12:30:55 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 12:36:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1995 Tue Aug 14 19:12:09 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 19:12:09 -0700 2007 I have read this book over 50 times. I think I first read in in '95.

It's poetry. Some of the most lyrical writing I've come across in modern fiction.

Haven't been impressed with the rest of Bradfield's oevre, unfortunately.

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It's poetry. Some of the most lyrical writing I've come across in modern fiction.

Haven't been impressed with the rest of Bradfield's oevre, unfortunately.

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