false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172805297m/219786.jpg 219786 3 Brock Clarke's debut novel, <I>The Ordinary White Boy</I>, is a familiar story of a young man finding comfort with himself amidst an average life of work, relationships, and occasional hardships. Lamar Carney, in his khaki pants and flannel shirts, lets life happen to him, always saying he would rather be doing nothing than something. <p> <blockquote>The truth is that I don't want to be special... Being special can make you think that you are something you're not: it can make you believe, say, that you live in a city when in reality you live in a shrinking little mill town. Being special can also make you believe that you're too important to go out and cover emergency school-board meetings for forty dollars a pop, plus mileage.</blockquote><p> Throughout most of the novel, Lamar questions conventional society, even though he is destined to conform to it. Still, Clarke has done wonders subtly producing a special sort of character, even though Lamar might claim otherwise. A refreshing, casual read. <I>--Yvonne Schindler</I> 212801 2001 The Ordinary White Boy total:64|5:4|4:6|3:27|2:21|1:6| 64 173 80 11 3 1 false false Thu Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue May 06 17:14:31 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 17:20:13 -0700 2008 Jernigan by David Gates. Lamar Kerry Jr. does not know pain, and even goes as far as to get himself beaten up, because he feels that he deserves it. He is...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 07:06:34 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 06:41:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 12:23:08 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 12:23:56 -0700 2007 The Ordinary White Boy one thing becomes clear: the protagonist, Lamar Kerry, Jr., regards himself as anything but ordinary. Contrary to his claims, he sees himself as the one extraordinary person trapped in a very ordinary town. So why not move? Maybe he secretly enjoys his percei...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon May 18 20:09:29 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 20:12:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 13:49:02 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 14:56:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 13:27:12 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 16:01:30 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Sat Feb 07 23:12:42 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 23:14:05 -0800 2009
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