<![CDATA[The Wishbones]]>

false <![CDATA[The Wishbones]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167958740m/28988.jpg 28988 5 Tom Perrotta's first novel, The Wishbones, is all about that much-maligned class of 30-ish men who still live at home with their parents, guys who make furtive love to their girlfriends--if they have them at all--in the basement rec room or the back seat of a car. But Dave Raymond, the protagonist of The Wishbones, doesn't waste his time on Star Trek reruns or computer games; he spends his weekends playing in a wedding band called The Wishbones, using the rapidly receding dream of rock stardom as an excuse to put off growing up. The sudden death of a fellow musician sends Dave into something of a tailspin, however, and in a moment of weakness, he proposes to his longtime girlfriend, Julie. The engagement has hardly been announced when Dave meets Gretchen, a bridesmaid at one of the weddings at which The Wishbones play, and before long he's having serious doubts about his own marital plans. Everybody knows someone like Dave, but a real-life puer aeternus is rarely as entertaining as Perrotta's fictional one. Perrotta wisely surrounds his sad-sack protagonist with an array of entertaining supporting characters, from a joint-smoking priest to one of Dave's band-mates whose life work is a musical based on Kennedy's assassination. By the time The Wishbones winds down to its well-deserved end, readers will be wishing for a second novel from Tom Perrotta soon. 1174407 1997 The Wishbones total:634|5:2|4:6|3:4|2:4|1:0| 634 2158 911 66 4 2 false false Wed Apr 18 09:04:34 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 09:14:45 -0700 2007
The Wishbones are a wedding band. Don't think 'Wedding Singer' her...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 08:50:28 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 08:50:40 -0700 2009 In this amusing but not overly demanding novel, Perotta gives us the archetypal character of Dave, a boy-ma...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 21:32:35 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 21:28:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 25 14:04:31 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 21:31:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 06 18:19:26 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 19:07:46 -0800 2008 1
It tells the story of 30-something Dave, whose escapes from his work-day reality on the weekends by playing guitar for a respectable-if-going-nowhere band for hire. He's bee...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Nov 10 08:12:08 -0800 2008 Sat Sep 13 19:51:15 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 10 08:12:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 10:06:14 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 10:12:46 -0800 2008
This is basically about a 32-year old boy/man coming to terms with adulthood. It's reminiscent of Hi Fidelity, although not as successful in pulling the thre...more...]]> 2 3 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 11:39:10 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 18:41:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 17:41:48 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 04 17:12:37 -0800 2008
Despite the wicked words I'm going to use, I actually enjoyed Perrotta's book. It was a fu...more...]]> 2 0 false true Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue May 13 16:29:39 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 01 11:42:30 -0800 2009
In this case, I was greatly disappoi...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 14:58:37 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 14:59:44 -0700 2009
(Incidentally, this is just my exa...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 07:37:36 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 07:44:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 16:25:16 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 16:25:16 -0800 2008
Still, I always enjoy reading about people around my age (this character was 31) who have n...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 25 10:45:52 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 09:39:57 -0700 2008 The Wishbones from the library, but it was well worth the wait.

Even though he desperately needs to grow up, Dave, the main character, is kind of adorable as ...more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 08:56:41 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 09:24:28 -0700 2008
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However, I couldn't help but feel depressed and filled with doom at Dave and Julie's wedding ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 28 06:20:45 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 06:21:41 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 07:21:25 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 07:21:25 -0700 2009 0 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 16:50:55 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 16:51:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 17:14:11 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 17:14:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Mar 24 13:15:38 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 13:15:53 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=28988