false <![CDATA[McTeague (Signet Classics)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172359802m/168655.jpg 168655 64 Something of a cult classic, <i>McTeague</i> was one of the founding works of unflinching realism and naturalism in American writing. <i>McTeague</i> was first published in 1899; this new Modern Library edition brackets the book's 100-year journey through literary consciousness, from its first splash as a rather lurid literary sensation in its retelling of a true-life crime in turn-of-the-century San Francisco, to its renewed popularity among modern readers. 2749418 book 1899 McTeague (Signet Classics) total:782|5:197|4:246|3:210|2:92|1:37| 782 2820 1055 114 5 2 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1995 Mon Mar 17 19:12:32 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 19:28:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 true false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 27 09:41:48 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 02 11:13:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1967 Sun Jun 29 17:00:58 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 17:09:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Dec 04 17:53:28 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 18:02:33 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Sep 08 20:29:28 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 20:34:05 -0700 2007
A novel of sadism and greed, full of anger, resentment, treachery. Norris is such a gifted writer who died so young. The descriptions of old California are engaging although this work falls short of his epic The Octopus. My key takeaways ... when Mc...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 11:31:45 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 22:06:51 -0800 2008 Sister Carrie, written about the same time. Now any fan of naturalism, such as I am, of course wants to find out what the "cult classic" designation means as well. But toward the end I couldn't decide if I really liked this book.

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Despite this, there are places where this book REALLY shines. It was p...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Sat Nov 29 00:45:47 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 01:14:20 -0800 2008 15 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 20:18:31 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 19:22:32 -0700 2009
And yeesh.

There should be a film version of this book, starring John C. Reilly in the title role.

However, the movie going public would have to receive free grief counseling immediately upon leaving the theater, which would cut deeply in the profit margin.
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It's the story of a dim-witted, lazy dentist in fin-de-siecle San Francisco and his lottery-winn...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Oct 20 17:33:10 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 08:44:28 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 17:33:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 07 23:08:03 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 23:08:35 -0700 2007 McTeague: A Story of San Francisco was the inspiration for the Erich von Stroheim film Greed. Greed is probably best known for being the film that was nine hours long until the studio forced Stroheim to edit it down to something manageable (either 2 hours or 4 hours; there...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 14:07:17 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 14:17:39 -0700 2009
Murder, marital sadism, knife fights, biting, racism, alcoholism, gambling, and greed on a tectonic scale.

It's something like Cormac McCarthy in its violence and vengeance taken quite literally to the ends of the earth. And a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 14:27:20 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 13:19:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Sat Nov 14 05:11:42 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 05:14:17 -0800 2009 at least 10 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 10:19:50 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 10:22:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 15:18:50 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 08:43:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=168655