false <![CDATA[Spooner]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255892704m/6435049.jpg 6435049 3 Warren Spooner was born after a prolonged delivery in a makeshift delivery room in a doctor's office in Milledgeville, Georgia, on the first Saturday of December, 1956. His father died shortly afterward, long before Spooner had even a memory of his face, and was replaced eventually by a once-brilliant young naval officer, Calmer Ottosson, recently court-martialed out of service. This is the story of the lifelong tie between the two men, poles apart, of Spooner's troubled childhood, troubled adolescence, violent and troubled adulthood and Calmer Ottosson's inexhaustible patience, undertaking a life-long struggle to salvage his step-son, a man he will never understand. 6624583 24 9 2009 Spooner total:58|5:11|4:30|3:9|2:4|1:4| 58 214 300 30 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 13 13:15:50 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 13:16:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 06:24:53 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:11:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 21:50:15 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 06:22:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 03 14:04:52 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 07:24:36 -0700 2009
I just don't know how I feel about 'Spooner'. It's very jumpy and chop...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 07:12:34 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 08:29:47 -0700 2009 Spooner at first appears to be a tall tale, something crafted with Mark Twain's humor and imaginative, adventurous spirit. But critics quickly realized, many with surprise, that the novel actually follows events in the author's own life, though it is by no means a straightforward autobiography. Spoo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 06:57:37 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 08:09:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 07:12:03 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 17:05:00 -0700 2009
And what ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 21:18:19 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 17:19:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 true false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 16:17:06 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 12:11:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 13:09:03 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 13:43:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 13:10:58 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 13:13:15 -0700 2009 www.bloodalleynovel.com). Suffice to say it had its ups and downs -- like the relationship the title character had with his tepfather -- but it lacked a strong narrative arc. It was a meandering book that could have used some editing, and a stronger foc...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 09:23:36 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 09:27:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 19:13:53 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 05:17:28 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 09:31:53 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 09:33:08 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 10:40:46 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 10:42:15 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 06:52:13 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 06:53:53 -0700 2009 1 1 0 false false Fri Jun 19 18:45:53 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 18:54:20 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 12:20:06 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 12:21:47 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 18:40:23 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 18:44:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 05:39:40 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 05:30:13 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 05:39:40 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6435049