false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173299923m/270246.jpg 270246 5 Peter Cameron's sublime, beautiful novel <I>City of Your Final Destination</I> concerns true love and a young academic's struggle to break free from a life he's molded but doesn't want to live. Omar Razaghi, who's pursuing a Ph.D. at a Midwestern university, fudges his application for grant money, stating he has already obtained authorization from the family of the deceased minor novelist Jules Gund. When he belatedly seeks permission to proceed, the three executors--Gund's brother, Adam; former wife Caroline; and Arden, Gund's mistress and mother of Gund's daughter, Portia--decline. Prompted by his girlfriend, Deirdre, Omar shows up unexpectedly in Uruguay, seeking to convince the family of his--and their--need for a biography of Jules Gund to exist. <p> Cameron is an able storyteller, and his command allows the prose to flow simply and beautifully; here, most every word counts. Adam's often hilarious wit and Caroline's recalcitrance are sharply drawn, descriptions are in crisp relief, and Cameron gives us many reasons to smile: "Pete stood there for a moment, as if he were deciding, trying to think of a reason why he must stay with them, but he was not clever enough, and so of course he had to leave." <I>The City of Your Final Destination</I> is a refreshing look at the impact of desire and love on quirky, elegantly drawn characters. <I>--Michael Ferch</I> 261980 2002 The City of Your Final Destination total:117|5:37|4:53|3:23|2:3|1:1| 117 473 185 23 270246 1857029739 9781857029734 94 17 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173299923m/270246.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270246.The_City_of_Your_Final_Destination 3 0 false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 01:06:58 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 01:11:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 270246 1857029739 9781857029734 94 17 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173299923m/270246.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270246.The_City_of_Your_Final_Destination 4 1 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 11:31:33 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 08:52:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 270246 1857029739 9781857029734 94 17 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173299923m/270246.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270246.The_City_of_Your_Final_Destination 5 0 false Sat Dec 01 05:27:13 -0800 2007 Wed Jul 16 09:04:48 -0700 2008
A fumbling, lovable, spacey, academic wishes to write a biography of a novelist from Uruguay with only one novel to his name. Unfortunately the biographer had applied for the fellowship withou...more...]]> 270246 1857029739 9781857029734 94 17 4.04 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173299923m/270246.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270246.The_City_of_Your_Final_Destination 5 0 false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 25 09:15:09 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 19 11:19:09 -0800 2009 Peter Cameron's most widely acclaimed book, so after reading (and appreciating) Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You I was eager to read it.

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