false 5231962 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg 5231962 2 5299258 book 2009 The Great Perhaps: A Novel total:195|5:36|4:67|3:65|2:19|1:8| 195 689 449 59 12851 3.69 3295 613 42446704 1031706 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 194 2009 5 5 false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 06:59:33 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 08:03:36 -0800 2009
After: This is the best 0ne by this guy that I have read. I l0ve his f0ndness f0r the w0rd "small," I l0ve the way his characters seem like dearly-bel0ved d0lls in a careful, h0peful d0llh0use, I...more...]]> 41008366 33887 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 4 3 false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 09:31:35 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 09:42:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 38629015 30800 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 5 3 true Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 25 11:07:28 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 04 23:06:45 -0800 2009 after: This is the first time I have ever wanted to do a half star. This book was totally awesome, see, but honestly it is kind of overshadowed by The Boy Detective Fails, which was obviously one of the all-time greatest books ever, not to mention Demons in the Spring, which was only incrementally l...more...]]> 48748453 147289 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 3 9 false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 18:15:29 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 07:15:43 -0700 2009
So before anything else, let's acknowledge that I have a complicated relationship with th...more...]]> 67754926 79063 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 2 0 false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 10:58:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:07:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 78688318 201787 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 4 0 false Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 18:45:42 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 16:15:58 -0800 2009
Would give it 4 and 1/2 if it existed; not quite a 5 because I'm not sure even Meno can ...more...]]> 58937925 1642802 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 4 1 false Thu Jun 11 05:39:35 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 19:28:29 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 05:39:35 -0700 2009 John, a paleontologist, is on a frenzied naut...more...]]> 49242442 301550 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 2 0 false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 09:42:37 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 11:34:06 -0700 2009 My thoughts below are based on an advanced reader's copy of this novel and SHOULD NOT be considered the final words of the author, Joe Meno.

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I love Mr Meno's work, most notably, Boy Detective, which I think is a winningly off-kilter book. ...more...]]> 61016448 1084853 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 0 0 false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 20:43:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 14:16:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 73571222 983749 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 4 1 false Mon Oct 05 18:29:01 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 18:35:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 60840772 1031131 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 4 1 false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 16:04:49 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 12:50:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 59535628 2345554 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 4 1 false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 13:23:30 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 23:42:26 -0700 2009
Oddly enough, this book reminded me very much of the movie "The Squid and the Whale" a few years back, so I actually envisioned Jeff Daniels playing the lead character. That movie's title engendered quite a bit of comment since there was neither a ...more...]]> 74380716 2176210 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 3 0 false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 07:35:30 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 07:46:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 41531748 1050915 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 5 0 false Thu Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 1939 Thu Jan 01 16:15:34 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 16:30:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 66560232 456447 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 3 0 false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 12:02:09 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 11:09:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 81179117 323130 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 4 0 false Tue Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 06:39:47 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 22 06:11:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 75555102 2734785 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 2 0 false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 21:10:59 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 21:16:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61211793 580799 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 1 0 false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 13:28:56 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 04:39:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 58220760 2092320 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 2 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 15:12:54 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 20:06:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 62619344 736536 5231962 0393067963 9780393067965 59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321m/5231962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230418321s/5231962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5231962.The_Great_Perhaps_A_Novel 3.53 195 2009 5 1 false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 08:26:32 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 12:34:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5231962