false 6415806 2 <b>From the author of <i>The Tattoo Artist </i>(“Beautifully written”—Alice Sebold; “Boldly conceived”—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>), a new novel—taut, moving, accomplished—set in a fraught, post-9/11 New York City on panic-alert. </b><br><br>A gasoline tanker truck is “stuck” in the Midtown Tunnel. New Yorkers are panicked . . . Is this the <br>next big attack? The streets of Manhattan are welded solid with traffic. Meanwhile, Alex, an artist, and Ruth must get their beloved dachshund, whose back legs have suddenly become paralyzed, to the animal hospital sixty blocks north. <br><br>This is also the weekend that Alex and Ruth must sell their apartment. While house hunters traipse <br>through their home during their open house, husband and wife wait by the phone to hear from the animal hospital. During the course of forty-eight hours, as the missing driver of the gasoline truck terrorizes the city, the price of their apartment becomes a barometer for collective hope and despair, while the real estate market spikes and troughs with every breaking news story. <br><br>In shifting points of view—Alex’s, Ruth’s, and the little dog’s—man, woman, and one small tenacious <br>beast try to make sense of the cacophony of rumors, opinions, and innuendos coming from news <br>anchors, cable TV pundits, pollsters, bomb experts, hostages, witnesses, real estate agents, house hunters, bargain seekers, howling dogs, veterinarians, nurses, and cab drivers. <br><br>A moving, deftly told novel of ultrahigh-urban anxiety. 6604860 30 6 2009 Heroic Measures: A Novel total:130|5:19|4:43|3:50|2:16|1:2| 130 451 383 51 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 10:19:55 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 10:27:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 08:22:31 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 08:23:09 -0700 2009
This was one of a pile of books I took with me to our summer cabin. Others around there hike and fish and golf. We sit on the deck and read. I don’t remember why I picked this book. I think it must have been from a review here at Goodreads.

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This book is small in size, yet contains all of New York City in
192 pages. From the first sentence, this superbly crafted book leads
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Not what I expected, but I like how the author captures EXACTLY what is happenin...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 17:01:59 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 17:05:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 12:15:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 12:18:50 -0700 2009 It's a pretty good read. I'm a dog lover, but even so, I found the dog's perspective on things a little silly. It's a quick read, nothing pro...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 12:00:59 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 09:45:03 -0700 2009 more...]]>