false <![CDATA[World's End ]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167543458m/24736.jpg 24736 18 T. Coraghessan Boyle returns to his native New York State with this darkly comic historical drama exploring several generations of families in the Hudson River Valley. Walter Van Brunt begins the book with a catastrophic motorcycle accident that sends him back on a historical investigation, eventually encompassing the frontier struggles of the late 1600s. Any book that opens with a three-page "list of principal characters" and includes chapters titled "The Last of the Kitchawanks," "The Dunderberg Imp," and "Hail, Arcadia!" promises a welcome tonic to the self-conscious inwardness of much contemporary fiction.. World's End delivers and was rewarded with the PEN/Faulkner Award for 1988. 880468 20 7 1990 World's End total:570|5:185|4:233|3:102|2:41|1:9| 570 2254 885 64 4 1 true false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 10:55:51 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 10:55:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed May 06 10:39:42 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 20:45:41 -0700 2009
No, this one is not as amazing as that novel, nor is it a masterpiece. It is, though, a work the reader immediately appreciates. How...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Nov 24 18:20:09 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 18:31:42 -0800 2008
It's a disjointed epic spanning many centuries along the Hudson River Valley and ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jul 31 07:31:18 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 09:38:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 07:31:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Apr 16 13:33:37 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 13:42:28 -0700 2009 Fi...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 01:49:38 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 07:43:09 -0700 2009
T.C. Boyle then switches between Walte...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 19:00:45 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 15:01:49 -0700 2007 Drop City (hippies in Alaska, awesome), but got this one instead - it was longer, looked more interesting.

Well, I was right about the long part. It's the kind of book the jacket-writers would describe as a "...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 14:53:12 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 14:58:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 08:14:59 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 08:17:19 -0700 2009
At times I did think some of the hippy qualities came on a little strong. But in general I loved the exploration...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 16:17:43 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 16:21:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Mar 30 08:07:01 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 08:07:01 -0700 2009
Note - 'Drop City' by him is in 1001 list, and well-liked by some..]]> 2 0 false false Fri Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 15 08:15:28 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 08:16:33 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 07:02:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 06:47:25 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Dec 18 23:22:04 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 23:22:49 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sun Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 22 16:23:06 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 11:01:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Jul 06 10:52:32 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 10:53:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Wed Jun 03 14:50:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 14:50:24 -0700 2009 fascinating story...tons of characters that spanned many generations]]> 1 0 false false Fri Apr 10 15:19:30 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 15:20:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Dec 04 13:23:46 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 13:23:46 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Aug 06 18:36:51 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 18:37:43 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=24736