Another book in my seemingly never-ending quest to read all the Pultizer Prize fiction winners since 1980. I keep thinking I'm finished and then find another book on my shelf I haven't read (Damn you, Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love). I missed this one because it's a sequel, and of course I had to read the first book first. I just found out there's now a sequel to this one.

I really liked the first one, The Sportswriter, even though I don't remember much about it. I remember the voice of the narrator well, though, and it's a voice I love. He ruminates on everything and comes up with his own philosophy of life. The entire 460 pages of this book take place July 1-July 5, 1988. That's a lot of ruminating, and it's not a fast or easy read. I would have given it four stars if only it had been fifty pages shorter.