Sons of the Rapture
by Todd Dills (Goodreads author!)
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Read in September, 2007
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READ. THIS. BOOK. Good grief. It's incredible. In parts Todd rivals Pynchon for audacity and madness, yet the organization and pace of the story are controlled, symphonic, clear. I'm not kidding. I'm going to need for you to read it and report back to me.
This isn't a ploy to help a nice guy sell copies, either -- drop me a line if you're flat broke, and I'll send you mine. I want you to read this book.
This isn't a ploy to help a nice guy sell copies, either -- drop me a line if you're flat broke, and I'll send you mine. I want you to read this book.
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Read in September, 2006
Told from various points of view—each unique, beautiful and strange—with his debut novel Dills has tapped into a zeitgeist unique to America. He explores the surly restlessness of youth, the repressed anger of a still-divided country, and the confused joy of perpetual drunkenness. Fans of Barry Hannah and Walter Kirn will recognize a similar investigation of America's jagged psychology.
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"Sons of the Rapture is a gloriously ambitious achievement."
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"TOP 5 LOCAL BOOKS OF 2006"
- Newcity</strong> | full article
"Sons of the Rapture is a gloriously ambitious achievement."
-<b>The Elegant Variation ...more
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Read in March, 1913
Expect this book to generate considerable attention. What does it mean? Todd Dills successfully balances past and present cultural and political influences with a far-reaching historical account of how roots and realities are much more complicated than they seem.
Involved in shaping the future, Dills probes deeply into how the forces of all that matter very easily quest for very little. Ripping society apart, Dills compellingly examines the emergence of this quest for true democracy. Dills'...more
Involved in shaping the future, Dills probes deeply into how the forces of all that matter very easily quest for very little. Ripping society apart, Dills compellingly examines the emergence of this quest for true democracy. Dills'...more
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Read in January, 2007
First novel by Dills, editor of THE2NDHAND (http://the2ndhand.com); fine, fine work of new Southern fiction. The music of it. Dills deftly uses Southern idiom without turning it into a series of palatable cliches for Yankees. And the humor is great. Et tu, hipster?
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Read in November, 2007
gotta be honest.
couldn't get through it.
Sorry.
couldn't get through it.
Sorry.
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