false 218857 5 What is charismatic Holocaust survivor Meyer Maslow to think when a rough-looking young neo-Nazi named Vincent Nolan walks into the Manhattan office of Maslow's human rights foundation and declares that he wants to "save guys like me from becoming guys like me"? As Vincent gradually turns into the sort of person who might actually be able to do this, he also transforms those around him: Meyer Maslow, who fears heroism has become a desk job; the foundation's dedicated fund-raiser, Bonnie Kalen, an appealingly vulnerable divorced single mother; and even Bonnie's teenage son. Francine Prose's <i>A Changed Man</i> is a darkly comic and masterfully inventive novel that poses essential questions about human nature, morality, and the capacity for personal reinvention. 586178 1 3 2006 A Changed Man: A Novel (P.S.) total:379|5:40|4:105|3:156|2:60|1:18| 379 1226 534 82 4 1 false false Tue Sep 30 14:52:01 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 14:54:40 -0700 2008 A Changed Man begins with an ex-white supremacist walking into a human rights organization’s office to offer his services: he wants to “help guys like me from becoming guys like me.” The subject matter allows Prose to flex her satire muscles, which by this point are quite developed. In this ca...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 25 23:23:23 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 29 22:52:58 -0700 2007
Riding a high after Francine Prose's "Reading Like a Writer", I picked up this book -- which I had been seeing on independent booksellers' tables for a while. I had hoped to enjoy it as much as I enjoyed her book on reading/writing because I thought she offered r...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jun 01 19:56:09 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 17 19:54:23 -0800 2008 A Changed Man follows Vincent's growth and the people around him with mostly internal monologues. The characters' perceptions of each other and th...more...]]> 2 1 true false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 25 10:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 20:08:00 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 31 10:39:46 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:40:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 07:59:57 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 08:03:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jul 09 21:51:04 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 19 09:50:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 15:44:53 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 22:04:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:31:22 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:31:22 -0800 2009 Critical opinion varied widely on this latest novel by veteran Prose, who has written 11 novels as well as many nonfiction books. Champions found it filled with biting wit and hilarious episodes pitting the drifter skinhead against the entrenched upper classes, which added up to an entertaining exam...

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