false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167257365m/19534.jpg 19534 8 Duncan took almost 10 years to follow up the publication of his much-praised first novel, <b>The River Why</b>, but this massive second effort is well worth the wait. It is a stunning work: a complex tapestry of family tensions, baseball, politics and religion, by turns hilariously funny and agonizingly sad. Highly inventive formally, the novel is mainly narrated by Kincaid Chance, the youngest son in a family of four boys and identical twin girls, the children of Hugh Chance, a discouraged minor-league ballplayer whose once-promising career was curtained by an industrial accident, and his wife Laura, an increasingly fanatical Seventh-Day Adventist. The plot traces the working-out of the family's fate from the beginning of the Eisenhower years through the traumas of Vietnam. 993612 1 6 1996 The Brothers K total:2669|5:1649|4:731|3:217|2:55|1:17| 2669 11947 3818 544 5 10 false false Mon Oct 22 17:34:43 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 31 12:35:36 -0800 2008
I could tell you this: that everyone I've ever recommended it to who has read it has really, really loved it. Many of them have bought extra copies for people they want to recommend it to. Many of them...more...]]> 2 3 false false Wed Oct 01 17:53:31 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 08:54:31 -0800 2008
I know this is going to sound really lame, but here's the first thing: LOTS of baseball. I mean, I'm not one to usually be bothered when the basic subject matter of a book is something I'm not sup...more...]]> 5 4 false false Fri Jun 08 09:25:23 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 08 09:36:24 -0700 2007 The Corrections as my favorite book of all time. Like Franzen's novel, this is one of those mystical "crossover" books -- great fun for both boy and girl readers. But while Franzen's writing is crystalline in quality and psych...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 16:36:51 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 10:48:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 01 17:01:57 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 18 09:50:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 18 11:49:12 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 15 10:39:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 10:10:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 15:56:42 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 02:51:46 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 20:27:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Aug 09 20:09:52 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 20:33:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Aug 12 20:17:49 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 12:44:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Apr 05 07:25:37 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 05 09:03:10 -0700 2007
I often found myself amazed that it worked as well as it did. It's a warm, compelling, likeable, and thoughtful book. It's g...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Dec 31 12:12:53 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 13:35:20 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 28 15:01:12 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 15 11:34:47 -0700 2009
What do I love about this book? First and foremost, Duncan is a brilliant writer. He's smart, well-read, and can bring you to both frank tears and out-lo...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Jun 02 06:48:55 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 07:14:50 -0700 2008 A chronicle of the unlikely Chance family. Dad is a baseball player who never quite made it to the bigs. Mom is a seventh day adventist who wants her boys to walk a more traditional path. Everett is the oldest, a contrarian with a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 13:24:56 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 13:25:18 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 07 09:12:31 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 13:50:09 -0700 2009 The Brothers K this year and was completely blown away. It's another epic novel that is a tad reminiscent of Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion (maybe just due to setting, the epic quality, and the few Kesey references scattered throughout Duncan's work) or some of the best novels o...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 17:17:05 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 17:39:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 20:42:25 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 20:51:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 17:47:05 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 15:31:57 -0800 2009
I actually bought this book in 2000 (Still had the receipt in it) and it has made a bunch of moves with me but I never ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 13:22:16 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 13:22:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=19534