From the bookshelf of chicago readers…
get it!
find at:
Amazon • WorldCat • more options…
group discussions about this book
No group discussions for this book yet.
recent member status updates
No group members have updated their status for this book.
what members thought
Read in July, 2009
Haunting. Tragic. Beautiful.
Inventive and imaginative, while still grounded in nostalgia. I've seen this compared to Murakami (and not because of the motif of things disappearing), but a Murakami who listens to indie rock (as Meno notes in the book) instead of jazz. Meno's version of hard-boiled is "cuter" than Murakami's, but the serious reality of the characters and events is just as hard-hitting.
Inventive and imaginative, while still grounded in nostalgia. I've seen this compared to Murakami (and not because of the motif of things disappearing), but a Murakami who listens to indie rock (as Meno notes in the book) instead of jazz. Meno's version of hard-boiled is "cuter" than Murakami's, but the serious reality of the characters and events is just as hard-hitting.
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in December, 2007
Hot damn, I liked this book! Think Rod Serling for little kids. Think stolen youth and Benny and June. Think of little orphan Annie's secret decoder ring, and her reminder to "Drink more Ovaltine." This novel is all heartbreak and promise, and tiny moments of reverence for the simple, natural and divine elements of discovering consistencies in the people that you love. It is two murder mysteries rolled into one. Two days to read it, but don't start it if you should be doing someth...more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Sweet and charming, but tries just a bit too hard. I'd read Hairstyles of the Damned first.
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
