false 647354 3 Gilbert Sorrentino's third novel is about the New York artistic and literary world of the 1950s and '60s, specifically the artists, writers, hangers-on, and the phonies who populated that world. In a prose that is ruthless as well as possessed of an enormous comic verve, the dedicated, the stupid, the rapacious, and the foolish are dissected. Eight major characters, many of whom reappear in Sorrentino's later novels, are employed to allow the reader a variety of views of the same world.<br><br>Told in the weary voice of a cynical and sardonic narrator, the novel is crammed with fantastic characters, incidents, and episodes, and moves from wit and satire through elegiac brooding, to bitter invective. It is a superb re-creation of a real time and place. 2351226 1972 Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things (American Literature) total:60|5:28|4:25|3:4|2:2|1:1| 60 257 132 8 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Oct 12 13:18:54 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 18 16:32:51 -0800 2007
Sorrentino's "handbook", published in 1971, follows a garden-variety hipster clique in 1960's New York city. Despite dated names and references, most of which were ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 08:25:03 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 10:22:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 19:16:55 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 01:30:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 16:52:52 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 16:53:03 -0800 2008 Recommended by Jack, Powells.com]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Tue Mar 25 19:19:55 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 19:41:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jul 20 08:56:07 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 08:57:59 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Wed Jul 23 06:09:50 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 06:10:10 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1993 Mon May 07 10:11:51 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 13:40:10 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 10:32:02 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 10:32:02 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 21 17:29:08 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 10:41:19 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 10:41:19 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 25 08:52:04 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 08:52:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 23 18:25:25 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 18:25:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 29 09:34:47 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 09:34:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 29 08:18:41 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 08:18:41 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 20:21:58 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 20:21:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 26 19:55:40 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 19:55:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 15 11:44:53 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:44:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 13 19:24:12 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 19:24:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 09 23:40:34 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 23:40:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 09 19:00:12 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 19:00:12 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=647354