false <![CDATA[The English Major]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255692815m/3102444.jpg 3102444 11 It used to be Cliff and Vivian and now it isn't." With these words, Jim Harrison sends his sixty-something protagonist, divorced and robbed of his farm by a late-blooming real estate shark of an ex-wife, on a road trip across America, armed with a childhood puzzle of the United States and a mission to rename all the states and state birds to overcome the banal names men have given them. Cliff's adventures take him through a whirlwind affair with a former student from his high school-teacher days twenty-some years before, to a "snake farm" in Arizona owned by an old classmate; and to the high-octane existence of his son, a big-time movie producer in San Francisco. <BR><BR><I>The English Major</I> is the map of a man's journey into - and out of - himself, and it is vintage Harrison; reflective, big-picture American, and replete with wicked wit. 3133610 book 1 10 2008 The English Major total:368|5:47|4:148|3:116|2:46|1:12| 368 1275 713 150 4 5 false false Thu Oct 23 15:34:20 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 15:37:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 10:19:05 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 10:38:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 10 22:21:37 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 08 22:45:22 -0700 2009
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Okay, finished it. I alternatively giggled and dozed during reading. I don't know if it's Harrison's prose style, which does run on so, or that this is the second book in a month I'...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Dec 12 15:49:37 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 09:02:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 19:25:17 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 19:32:41 -0800 2009
Makes one wonder about ones own life. Looking back, what did ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 14 11:49:24 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 08 12:15:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 19:15:25 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 19:17:26 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 05:03:39 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 05:21:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 15:29:35 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 16:09:08 -0800 2009 "I was heartsick with books and teaching and wanted simply to live the 'natur...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 06:17:46 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 06:18:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 16:21:21 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 16:52:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 15:27:24 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 15:40:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 07:25:17 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 08:16:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 03:32:40 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 04:34:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 12:22:33 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 12:32:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 09:56:06 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 13:22:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 06:16:04 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 08:13:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 17:55:58 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 18:05:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 12:12:04 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 12:17:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 08:59:56 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 09:20:53 -0800 2009
Cliff's response is to decide to eat, drink and drive through th...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3102444