false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg 15374 14 Exhaustive detailing of early 1970s popular/consumer culture in suburban New England provides the context for this archetypal tale of the American nuclear family in decline. The affluent WASP community of New Canaan, Conn., is home to the Hood and Williams families, neighboring two-parent, two-child households built around increasingly dysfunctional marriages. Benjamin Hood, plagued by a loss of importance at work and a growing drinking problem, pursues an ill-fated affair with Janey Williams; his wife, Elena, feels herself losing what little regard she has left for him. Meanwhile, the adolescent children of both families experiment with sex, alcohol and drugs to find identities and to overcome a ponderous sense of alienation. A neighborhood "key party," at which couples exchange mates by drawing keys out of a bowl, brings the action to a chaotic climax as an apocalyptic winter storm culminates in physical tragedy to match the emotional damage in the small community. Pop-cultural references of the time, from Hush Puppies to the film Billy Jack , pervade the text. Unfortunately, Moody, winner of the Pushcart Press Editors' Book Award for his first novel, Garden State , tends to use these details in a more encyclopedic than evocative manner. His depiction of these families, however, is insightful and convincing, penetrating the thoughts and fears of each individual. And the central tragedy of his tale remains resonant, though his decrying of our cultural wasteland seems a bit stale. 594923 1994 The Ice Storm: A Novel total:1088|5:204|4:446|3:325|2:83|1:30| 1088 3975 1433 99 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 3 2 false Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 22:28:17 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 12:52:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 13:55:54 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 17:21:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 17:44:27 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 17:49:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 4 1 false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 07:29:59 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 10:05:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 2 0 false Sun Oct 26 20:13:40 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 17:03:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 4 0 false Sun Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 28 06:22:54 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 05:43:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 2 1 false Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 08 12:53:19 -0800 2008 Sun Sep 07 08:14:55 -0700 2008
On one hand, Moody has a spellbinding quality about his writing. His voice is quite unique, and from a purely linquistic and literary perspective I found the book quite appealing. Also, I'm always attracted to writers who write about real, u...more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 4 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 07:58:24 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 08:06:14 -0700 2007
I haven't seen the movie.

I never like having a copy of a book that says "now a major motion picture" on the cover, but that is the edition I found at the local used book shop. Anyway, I'd read a few of Moody's short stories previously and always found ...more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 5 0 false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 19:03:27 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 07:35:37 -0800 2009 Rick Moody's book is a painful (to the characters) testament to life in upper-middle-class New England suburbs of the mid-70s. He populates his book with people trying to find their way morally and sexually in an ambiguous time, and while their lives suck, the problems they face lack the punch in t...more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 3 0 false Mon Apr 07 11:38:29 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 11:55:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 4 0 false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 08:49:25 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 19:04:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 4 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Tue Jan 06 21:01:25 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 21:03:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 386353 0446671487 9780446671484 30 4 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223665117m/386353.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386353.The_Ice_Storm 3 0 false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 08:58:37 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 09:05:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 386353 0446671487 9780446671484 30 4 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223665117m/386353.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386353.The_Ice_Storm 3 0 false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 07:22:51 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 13:16:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 386353 0446671487 9780446671484 30 4 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223665117m/386353.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386353.The_Ice_Storm 5 0 false Thu Dec 18 14:21:10 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 10:29:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 4 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Jun 05 17:03:58 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 17:05:24 -0700 2009 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 2 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sun Mar 30 10:23:55 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 10:28:20 -0700 2008
I've heard ...more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 1 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 18:11:16 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 10:44:27 -0800 2007 more...]]> 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 1 0 false Wed Aug 26 16:27:04 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 16:28:35 -0700 2009 15374 0316706000 9780316706001 1029 92 3.65 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166672339m/15374.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15374.The_Ice_Storm_A_Novel 4 0 false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 16:02:35 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 16:06:39 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=15374