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Tornado Alley
''Tornado Alley is the kind of book one takes to the beach or to the mountains for the purpose of total immersion. Its world is painstakingly needlepointed in every detail, a real service to the reader who likes to revisit sometimes overly familiar territory. . . . There are brilliant stretches of writing as well as truly touching glimpses of deeply hurt but paradoxically alive people.” Andrei Codrescu, The New York Times.
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469 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1989
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September 22, 2010
Trombone was better, but those are the only two Craig Nova books I've read. I'll keep reading more though. But why are the male characters so much more interesting than the women characters? Maybe in his other books that evens out?
August 4, 2018
Style reminded me of Thomas Hardy. If you like bleak realism and the futility of life, you will probably like Tornado Alley.
August 19, 2012
A bit too reliant on symbolism, but otherwise, quite gripping.
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