false 98681 2 <div><i>Here They Come</i> is the lyrical, startling and poignant third novel from Yannick Murphy, a National Endowment for the Arts award winner and one of the freshest voices in American fiction today. Splitting time between a ramshackle apartment and a lonely hot dog vendor, the observant thirteen-year-old who stands steadily at the center of <i>Here They Come</i> gives lyrical voice to an unforgettable instant &#8212;1970s New York, stifling, violent and full of life. Balanced between her enigmatic siblings, detached parents, and a quiet sense of the surreal, she recounts a year of startling moments with dark humor and deadpan resilience.</div> 95128 2006 Here They Come total:271|5:62|4:97|3:74|2:30|1:8| 271 988 387 67 2 3 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 14:20:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 14:30:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 true false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Sep 16 22:19:40 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 22:21:34 -0700 2007 i bought this book on a whim off the mcsweeney's shelf. what luck! it's just positively wonderful! it so simply and tragically captures the relationship between a young girl, her pathetic mother, and her absentee dad. it's dark dark DARK throughout, but always floats on that buoyant edge o...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 18:12:18 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 06 18:10:50 -0800 2008 It reminded me of a tree grows in Brooklyn. It deals with poverty, so it makes you appreciate what you have...but it also makes you miss childhood. And hate hot dog vendors.
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the trope of precocious girl coming of age in abject poverty has been done before, and better (see the many references to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in other people's reviews). i felt like i had read this story a number of times. not to mention, the blase tone came acr...more...]]> 3 1 true false Sun Aug 31 20:24:30 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 07:27:57 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 20:24:30 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 03 13:15:41 -0800 2009 Tue Apr 21 19:19:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 20 20:32:12 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 20:37:28 -0700 2008
The prospect of capturing the moment when childhood is lost is one of modern literature's greatest quests. From Catcher in the Rye to East of Eden, coming-of-age novels depict character's maturing because change is so evocatively and u...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 30 10:54:25 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 10:55:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 30 21:21:11 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 21:25:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 20:54:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 00:31:57 -0700 2009
I liked this quite a bit, Ms. Murphy--although if Freud were to take a long, hard look at this novel, he'd sa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 12 21:16:22 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 12:09:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 16:38:46 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 03:09:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 20:04:57 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 06:20:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 03 20:16:14 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 18 11:10:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun May 17 18:12:55 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 18:12:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 08 05:42:36 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 05:44:00 -0800 2008 protagonist will have you cringing with delight.

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