false 1908218 122484 87984 0143035762 9780143035763 44 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171121416m/87984.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171121416s/87984.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87984.The_Pacific_and_Other_Stories 3.98 276 The Pacific and Other Stories, a collection of sixteen stories that display the remarkable scope, incomparable wit, and deft prose that have come to be his signature. A British paratrooper jumps into occupied territory; the 1958 New York Yankees gain an unexpected teammate in a puny, teenaged Hasidic Jew; a September 11th widow receives an astonishing gift from the contractor working on her new apartment—these and other stories exhibit the constantly changing variety of the ocean itself, the peaks and troughs of life. Lighthearted, glittering fables are met with starker tales that sound the depths of sacrifice and duty. The Pacific and Other Stories is a resplendent, powerful collection of lasting substance and emotional import.]]> 8146 4.09 6474 1167 2004 1 1 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Jun 12 20:51:46 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 20:15:55 -0700 2007
It took me weeks to slog through this, and here's why: Helprin is so full of shit we'd mistake him for a latrine if he were painted white and dropped on a campground. Maybe I'm just falling into the same wronghead...more...]]>