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"And I asked myself: The way you are now, would your eight-year-old self approve of you? Would your eight-year-old self -- that totally innocent child, with those ideals that are real, man, and human -- would he approve?"

The tall thi...more...]]> 58621592 1930546 9906 0413772322 9780413772329 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166109955m/9906.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166109955s/9906.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9906.Resuscitation_of_a_Hanged_Man 3.57 339 Leonard English, a sad and intense young man recovering from a suicide attempt, moves to the Cape Cod resort of Provincetown to work as a disk jockey cum private detective. On his first day there, he encounters a beautiful young woman and falls desperately in love with her -- only to find out she prefers those of her own sex to men. English's first assignment, a search for an elusive artist, proves equally frustrating. As winter lengthens and Leonard's anguish mounts, his desperate quests -- for the artist, for love, for redemption -- take on an increasingly apocalyptic coloring.

]]> 1991 2 0 false Fri Jun 05 22:49:06 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 22:49:06 -0700 2009
That said, this book drove me up the wall. While many mom...more...]]> 58003418 1942142 9906 0413772322 9780413772329 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166109955m/9906.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166109955s/9906.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9906.Resuscitation_of_a_Hanged_Man 3.57 339 Leonard English, a sad and intense young man recovering from a suicide attempt, moves to the Cape Cod resort of Provincetown to work as a disk jockey cum private detective. On his first day there, he encounters a beautiful young woman and falls desperately in love with her -- only to find out she prefers those of her own sex to men. English's first assignment, a search for an elusive artist, proves equally frustrating. As winter lengthens and Leonard's anguish mounts, his desperate quests -- for the artist, for love, for redemption -- take on an increasingly apocalyptic coloring.

]]> 1991 4 0 false Tue Jun 02 07:47:26 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 18:56:20 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 07:47:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8758421 386157 9906 0413772322 9780413772329 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166109955m/9906.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166109955s/9906.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9906.Resuscitation_of_a_Hanged_Man 3.57 339 Leonard English, a sad and intense young man recovering from a suicide attempt, moves to the Cape Cod resort of Provincetown to work as a disk jockey cum private detective. On his first day there, he encounters a beautiful young woman and falls desperately in love with her -- only to find out she prefers those of her own sex to men. English's first assignment, a search for an elusive artist, proves equally frustrating. As winter lengthens and Leonard's anguish mounts, his desperate quests -- for the artist, for love, for redemption -- take on an increasingly apocalyptic coloring.

]]> 1991 3 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 06 13:32:08 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 06 13:42:59 -0800 2007 ...more...]]> 67034051 1648411 320837 0374249490 9780374249496 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173739778m/320837.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173739778s/320837.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320837.Resuscitation_of_a_Hanged_Man 3.67 9 Resuscitation of a Hanged Man is Denis Johnson's most fully realized novel to date, an enthralling and shattering reading experience, which probes the mysteries of faith, hope and love.
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I've read three books by Johnson now and am impressed with how different they all are. What they share in common is exploration of unexpected places in the United States, in this case Cape Cod and a little bit...more...]]> 22447042 1083046 9906 0413772322 9780413772329 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166109955m/9906.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166109955s/9906.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9906.Resuscitation_of_a_Hanged_Man 3.57 339 Leonard English, a sad and intense young man recovering from a suicide attempt, moves to the Cape Cod resort of Provincetown to work as a disk jockey cum private detective. On his first day there, he encounters a beautiful young woman and falls desperately in love with her -- only to find out she prefers those of her own sex to men. English's first assignment, a search for an elusive artist, proves equally frustrating. As winter lengthens and Leonard's anguish mounts, his desperate quests -- for the artist, for love, for redemption -- take on an increasingly apocalyptic coloring.

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]]> 1991 2 0 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 24 11:21:29 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 06:52:23 -0800 2009 23791078 59552 9906 0413772322 9780413772329 15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166109955m/9906.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166109955s/9906.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9906.Resuscitation_of_a_Hanged_Man 3.57 339 Leonard English, a sad and intense young man recovering from a suicide attempt, moves to the Cape Cod resort of Provincetown to work as a disk jockey cum private detective. On his first day there, he encounters a beautiful young woman and falls desperately in love with her -- only to find out she prefers those of her own sex to men. English's first assignment, a search for an elusive artist, proves equally frustrating. As winter lengthens and Leonard's anguish mounts, his desperate quests -- for the artist, for love, for redemption -- take on an increasingly apocalyptic coloring.

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]]> 1991 5 0 false Tue Jul 29 15:38:49 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 16:06:56 -0700 2008 1041431 76994 394416 0060934662 9780060934668 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174412539m/394416.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174412539s/394416.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/394416.Resuscitation_of_a_Hanged_Man 3.57 339 Leonard English, a sad and intense young man recovering from a suicide attempt, moves to the Cape Cod resort of Provincetown to work as a disk jockey cum private detective. On his first day there, he encounters a beautiful young woman and falls desperately in love with her -- only to find out she prefers those of her own sex to men. English's first assignment, a search for an elusive artist, proves equally frustrating. As winter lengthens and Leonard's anguish mounts, his desperate quests -- for the artist, for love, for redemption -- take on an increasingly apocalyptic coloring.

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