false <![CDATA[Radiant Days]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172787386m/217145.jpg 217145 1 <i>Radiant Days</i>, FitzGerald's debut, follows the dissolving love triangle of a hapless American, a beautiful Hungarian junkie, and a young British journalist during the last days of the Balkan War. It's a comic tragedy that begins in dotcom San Francisco and travels through the tattered romanticism of expatriate Budapest, the sparkling Dalmatian coast, ending in the brutalized landscape of inland Croatia. Booklist says that FitzGerald has "flawlessly and astutely mirrored the ennui and confusion of a generation." Library Journal calls the book "a thoughtful if uncomfortable depiction of the spiritual bankruptcy of Americans." The New York Times says it is "an old story, made fresh." [link:http://www.radiantdays.com] 210230 2007 Radiant Days total:87|5:34|4:29|3:16|2:6|1:2| 87 348 258 35 5 8 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 18:49:45 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 20 09:43:13 -0700 2008
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His incredibly ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 20:00:52 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 21:45:41 -0800 2007 Radiant Days is a hell of an accomplishment. Michael Fitzgerald is a writer of both seriousness and serious talent. He deserves to be read.

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I thoroughly enjoyed the read and rattled through it in a few days. It paints a bleak picture of the modern human condition and the direction wester...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 11 16:32:40 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 11 11:14:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jul 16 09:10:43 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 06:59:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Nov 26 23:31:38 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 29 09:02:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 20:01:26 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 02 09:04:20 -0800 2007
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Michael, I really enjoyed reading your book. Thanks.]]> 0 1 false false Tue Jul 17 07:14:31 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 07:15:09 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Wed Jun 17 19:14:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 19:22:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=217145