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Save Me, Julie Kogon
by
Allen Ruff
Harry was "old school." The son of struggling Jewish immigrants, he came off of New Haven's Legion Avenue, that hard-pressed neighborhood where survival was the game and everything was a gamble. His story is told through vivid sometimes startling dream sequences and flashbacks - those of his hard-drinking life-long friend and undertaker, his Black girl friend, and a daught...more
Paperback, 268 pages
Published
March 20th 2007
by Trafford Publishing
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Allen Ruff, a member of Union Cab of Madison for over 20 years, wrote his first novel. Other works include a history of Dane County and a history of the Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company.
A great, engaging read with vivid, visual portrayals, characters galore and wonderful dialogue. A slice of life seldom portrayed.
I started this, then it got lost during a cleaning of the house. I recently found it and picked it up. It is an incredibly moving and well-written tale of family and community. I'll have more to say that I am sure, but Allen's imagery leaps off of the pages and makes the reader feel as though they are one of the ghosts in the room of the characters.
Jul 18, 2008
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