THE GREEN SUIT.

by Dwight Allen

The Sackriders are a well-to-do Kentucky family. They are well-bred, reserved, intelligent, affluent. The mother is a neighborhood legend. The father is a highly regarded judge. And the children . . . well, the children are real disappointments." "By the time the book's almost over, the daughter's slept her way across the United States to the West Coast where she's having a nervous breakdown." "And the son, Peter, whose story The Green Suit mostly is, kind of wants to be a writer, or an editor, maybe. He's not really sure. After college, he does what wistful English majors do: he goes to New York and gets a little job in a publishing house. He falls in love with one bright, up-and-coming young woman after the other, all of whom charge ahead impatiently, leaving him to choke on their dust." "Peter looks to traditional mentors - his father, the judge; a favorite teacher; two New York editor bosses - and to less likely ones, including the Sackriders' longtime maid and the man with the green suit. He tries to engage. But somehow, he can't seem to bite down and break off anything solid to chew. Until his sister, having her nervous breakdown, lets him know she needs him.

Genres: Fiction

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Sorokind Banana · Rating 1 out of 5]

Jesus. We get it. You love Updike. But keep the fanfic in your bottom desk drawer. This book reads like a turtleneck looks.

[Andrew · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a story of Peter a rather unambitious young man from a good Kentucky family who drifts from one relationship to another. He gets a low level job at a publishing house through his family connections. At one point he thinks he want to be a writer at another her marries. His life seems to have no focus until his sister Alex suffers mental health issues and needs him. There is no real plot to this story or in fact muc point to it. I am generous giving this novel 2 stars.

[Debora · Rating 4 out of 5]

Started out really Good, then ending was not as exciting

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I chose this book on a whim. It was at a book sale and I read the back and went for it. Isn't a way to chose a book?

I really enjoyed the book--I truly did enjoy his writing style, but I didn't care for the many loose ends it left. It seems that at the end of every story regarding a man, it was the same ending. I didn't care for the fact that we never heard the end result of many of the people (mainly women) the main character met along his way.

It was a good book and I would recommend it...most likely to my men reader friends.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Author for the 2009 book festival. Reminiscent of John Updike's Rabbit novels. Changes voice unexpectedly at some chapters. Set in 1970 the novels takes Peter Sackrider from draft age through his middle age. Ends with chapter INVISIBLE which occurs after marriage and after relationships and describles taking care of his sister Alex.

[Greg · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don’t know if this book really had a point. There isn’t really a storyline. Just a few incidents in the characters life at different times. The descriptive writing style was enjoyable. The book jumped forward chronologically and it wasn’t very clear when this was happening and the person narrating changed for a while.

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Tiffany Rice · Rating 1 out of 5]

Picked it up at a book sale. Havent a clue what it was about though after finishing. The unexpected change of voice randomly is confusing and there's no actual story line.